Michael Cooney
Senior Editor

Gamers use Sony rootkit to cheat

Opinion
Nov 4, 20051 min

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Whaddaya know, it turns out that the controversial Sony DRM rootkit is useful for something other than enraging most Windows users.

The Register reports today that World of Warcraft online gamers are using the anti-piracy software to cheat in their games. WoW runs an anti-cheat program called Warden, which scans the processes running during games to detect cheaters.

Writes The Reg: “[Warden] cannot detect any files that are hidden with Sony BMG’s content protection, which only requires that the hacker add the prefix $ to file names.”

Via The Register