Microsoft has warned that both Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 suffer from a vulnerability resulting from a flaw in a bundled DRM module. First reported by Symantec, this antipiracy component has been bundled with Windows for the last six years.
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So, once again, DRM actually reduces the security of a system, especially on older XP systems in homes where you KNOW the Administrator account name (or it's something really original like Compaq_Administrator, LOL) and there is no password.
All those poor folks who thought they just wanted to play a game are now vulnerable... again.
At least this wasn't something as horrible as a rootkit, but still, there is code running on my box that I really don't want there, and it's sole purpose is to make copy protection easier. Too bad that copy protection has been broken for years, and is effectively useless.
Sigh...
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