Breaking News

Transcend's New ESD420 Portable SSD Offers MagSafe Compatibility and Pro-Level Performance G.SKILL Trident Z5 DDR5 Memory and WigiDash Receives European Hardware Awards 2025 Silicon Power Launches WP10 Magnetic Wireless Power Bank Razer Unveils the Ultra-Lightweight DeathAdder V4 Pro Sony launches a high-resolution shotgun microphone with superior sound quality and compact design.

logo

  • Share Us
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
  • Home
  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Essays
  • Forum
  • Legacy
  • About
    • Submit News

    • Contact Us
    • Privacy

    • Promotion
    • Advertise

    • RSS Feed
    • Site Map

Search form

Alpha-DVD Developer Denies Rootkit Presence

Alpha-DVD Developer Denies Rootkit Presence

Enterprise & IT Feb 15,2006 0

Settec Inc,,Alpha-DVD copy protection developer, denies the presence of rootkits on two popular german DVD titles: Mr. & Mrs Smith, and Edison. Security firm F-Secure who also uncovered the presence of rootkits in Sony BMG's audio CDs, and German web site Heise online have confirmed the presence of this rootkit. Both sites claim the rootkit discovered only on German DVDs is generated by Alpha-DVD, a copy protection mechanism that needs to be installed unto a Windows PC in order to read the two German video-DVDs.

The main purpose of the Alpha-DVD copy protection is to block all attempts to launch DVD burning and copying applications as long as the original DVD-Video is present in the computer's drive. However, Heise claims it has found that Alpha-DVD also manages to affect the operation of CD/DVD burning applications with some DVD writers, regardless of whether the copy-protected disc is present or not.

According to Heise, Alpha-DVD installs three files to system32 directory and loads into memory. The copy protection hides from the Task Manager by injecting a library into all running user level processes.

There is no simple way for Windows users to know whether Alpha-DVD is installed on their machines.This library can easily be misused by third-party software for malicious purposes it creates security risk for Windows PC users.

Settec Inc., a Korean company spun off from electronics giant LG and developper of Alpha-DVD says that its company?s technology "does not fall into the category of rootkit-related technology since it does not adhere to the definition of Antispyware Coalition. Currently, we acknowledge the fact that the definition of rootkit is debatable, since each professional anti-piracy software institute has somewhat different opinions regarding it."says Settec in its official statement released to respond to the rootkit announcement.

"However, in light of the issues brought up by Heise, we have readied an update to address the concerns raised in the article. We are waiting for our client's review before releasing the update patch. This upcoming patch should eliminate those potentially debatable elements in our software, which would eliminate the potential security weakness.", continues the statement.

The indentity of the "client" who will submit the review and the release date of the patch have not been confirmed yet by Settec Inc.

Alpha-DVD can be uninstalled at the following link. To read the entire article on the rootkit presence and how it was discovered go to HEISE online.

Tags: DVD
Previous Post
Sony Ericsson Announces New Walkman Phone
Next Post
Windows Releases Defender Beta 2

Related Posts

  • DVDs Still Find an Audience

  • New Data Storage Method Could Boost Capacity Of Optical Storage Media

  • U.K. Physical Media Market To Keep Falling In Q3 2015

  • Optical Disc Sales Down

  • DVD And Blu-ray Discs Remain Popular in Britain

  • DVD Writer and Media Market Keeps Shrinking

  • DVD And Blu-ray Discs Remain Preferred Sources of Video Content

  • DVD FLLC To Run 2013 Market Inspection Tests

Latest News

Transcend's New ESD420 Portable SSD Offers MagSafe Compatibility and Pro-Level Performance
PC components

Transcend's New ESD420 Portable SSD Offers MagSafe Compatibility and Pro-Level Performance

G.SKILL Trident Z5 DDR5 Memory and WigiDash Receives European Hardware Awards 2025
Enterprise & IT

G.SKILL Trident Z5 DDR5 Memory and WigiDash Receives European Hardware Awards 2025

Silicon Power Launches WP10 Magnetic Wireless Power Bank
Consumer Electronics

Silicon Power Launches WP10 Magnetic Wireless Power Bank

Razer Unveils the Ultra-Lightweight DeathAdder V4 Pro
PC components

Razer Unveils the Ultra-Lightweight DeathAdder V4 Pro

Sony launches a high-resolution shotgun microphone with superior sound quality and compact design.
Cameras

Sony launches a high-resolution shotgun microphone with superior sound quality and compact design.

Popular Reviews

be quiet! Light Loop 360mm

be quiet! Light Loop 360mm

be quiet! Dark Mount Keyboard

be quiet! Dark Mount Keyboard

be quiet! Light Mount Keyboard

be quiet! Light Mount Keyboard

Noctua NH-D15 G2

Noctua NH-D15 G2

Soundpeats Pop Clip

Soundpeats Pop Clip

be quiet! Light Base 600 LX

be quiet! Light Base 600 LX

Crucial T705 2TB NVME White

Crucial T705 2TB NVME White

be quiet! Pure Base 501

be quiet! Pure Base 501

Main menu

  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Essays
  • Forum
  • Legacy
  • About
    • Submit News

    • Contact Us
    • Privacy

    • Promotion
    • Advertise

    • RSS Feed
    • Site Map
  • About
  • Privacy
  • Contact Us
  • Promotional Opportunities @ CdrInfo.com
  • Advertise on out site
  • Submit your News to our site
  • RSS Feed