Texas Steps Up Against Sony/BMG

As I mentioned in a previous post, Sony/BMG recently agreed to cease distributing CDs that, when played on a computer, downloaded spyware that made sure you weren't pilfering music. Oh, yes... and sent back all kinds of other information from your computer. The program essentially worked like a virus and was quite difficult to remove.

The Texas Attorney General's office recently sued Sony/BMG for its violations against installing viruses on computers.

I recently ran into a similar problem with my wife's laptop. While visiting an unknown site, she picked up a virus that created a warning on the Norton Anti-virus protection. The Norton program was unable to remove the virus. A quick trip to their website, however, allows infected users to download an appropriate tool to fumigate the offending critter.

In essence, it sets up a trojan-like virus much like Sony/BMG's adware/spyware. Every once in awhile... when you hate it the most... an ad for WinFixer pops up. Further research shows this to be a file called ddaya.dll, which acts much like a cancer by linking itself through various other files. When it's time, the pop-up ad for WinFixer pops up.

I encourage everyone affected by (and concerned about) this virus to go to the WinFixer website to complain. Next go to the Federal Trade Commission website and enter your concerns.

I also voiced my opinion on the Texas Attorney General's website and will probably complain in Missouri, as well. The heinousness of this crime should not go unnoticed or unpunished.