Re: Corrupt CD updates, Jun-2004

On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 23:35 +0100, Jim Peters wrote:
> - "Contraband" by Velvet Revolver has created a bit of a stir, being
>   corrupt in both the UK and US (reaching the top of the charts in the
>   US), and using the MediaMax CD3 corrupt format, the one that
>   installs a trojan Windows driver to stop normal CD-player software
>   from working.  Halderman (of Felten's group) has updated his
>   research paper slightly:
> 
>     http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~jhalderm/cd3/
> 
>   The Register have covered this, and I've E-mailed them with some of
>   the newer details that they may have missed.  One UK user tested the
>   disc and found problems extracting on Linux as well, which suggests
>   that SunComm have modified the original CD3 format to include some
>   Cactus-style audio data corruption as well to confuse machines where
>   the trojan Windows driver can't be installed.  However, there are
>   still some drives which see right through it.

Also in Portugal. A friend bought this corrupt disc, I'm trying to
convince him to return it demanding his money back, and filing a formal
complaint due to the trojan horse.

Rui

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