Spyware Detail

Summary

XCP.Sony.SP2 is Digital Rights Management sofware manufactured by First4Internet, a UK company. This variant of XCP is licensed and bundled by Sony BMG. When XCP.Sony.Rootkit.Patch is run on a system infected by XCP.Sony.Rootkit this variant is the result.

See Also

XCP.Sony.Rootkit.Patch Music PlayerXCP.Sony.Rootkit

Category

Trojan:  Any program with a hidden intent. Trojans are one of the leading causes of breaking into machines. If you pull down a program from a chat room, new group, or even from unsolicited e-mail, then the program is likely trojaned with some subversive purpose. The word Trojan can be used as a verb: To trojan a program is to add subversive functionality to an existing program. For example, a trojaned login program might be programmed to accept a certain password for any user's account that the hacker can use to log back into the system at any time. Rootkits often contain a suite of such trojaned programs.



Variants

XCP.Sony.Rootkit ·

Reasons For Retention

Installs without user permission.
Changes system configuration without user permission at time of change.
Cannot be uninstalled by Windows Add/Remove Programs and no uninstaller is provided with application.

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