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Thursday, November 03, 2005

Battle of 'legit' malware

I find this humorous. Slashdot reports that Sony's rootkit thwarts Blizzard's spyware:

"First, news of Warden -a bit of code from Blizzard's WoW to trounce game cheats. Then, a Sony rootkit to make your computer safe for music. Now, news that you can use the Sony rootkit to make your game cheats safe from the Warden."

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