And in other news, that rootkit DRM patch Sony’s offering? Apparently the patch itself is confusing and possibly dangerous, unloading the cloaking driver without warning the system. This means the next application attempting to access the aries.sys driver could crash the system. Luverley.

Hilariously, there is also a program that will uninstall (and not just patch) the DRM rootkit. Actually getting it, however, involves jumping through several hoops and giving Sony your email address. Not surprising for a company willing to use rootkits because, in the words of one of its own presidents, “Most people, I think, don’t even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?”