Malware review

While technology in compute tarrys to rise, estimator hackers and cockamamy are also evolving. Cracking even started at the early age of computer technology. It started from simple codes exploiting bugs in Operating Systems. And now, it becomes a hobby of near. Stealing passwords and exploiting computers are common way of cracking. some(a) people termed it as hacking. Everyday, anti-virus companies are also upgrading their systems since viruses and separate harmful softwares are upgrading.Piracy is a nonher story. It is an do of duplicating someones work and sells it. Before, it is not common and hardly be lookn. But as devices and softwares are upgrading, duplications erect be made in a split of seconds. For some consumers, it is good but for the attention, it is a disadvantage. Piracy is one of the major problems that media industry is facing.But, technology cannot be fathom it is continuously evolving in exponential function manner. Music publishers (the entertainment i ndustry is the ones affected) released their cure or prevention for such exploitation. The computer program is called rootkit. Basically, its task is to overlay copy entertainion on computers. With its ability, people can no longer copy music. In this way, plagiarisation can be prevented. But, Sony admitted that someday somehow people go out try to crack its code and continue on pirating. But for sure, media industrys cyber security personnel well not let crackers succeed.On the other hand, due its capability to control computers, rootkit was distinguished by most anti-virus software as a malware. On an article on Technology Review published by MIT and written by Wade Roush, Technology Review interviewed Bruce Scheiener a computer security guru. There, Scheiener discussed about the tool and its capabilities. In When replicate Protection Becomes Malware, the computer security guru specifically identified the work of the rootkit and why it is called a malware.Basically, malware is a haoma of software that can control the system. Some malwares are harmful. But in the case of Sony, it has no other functions except to hide copy vindications on users computer. The reason why it is distinguished as malware is because of its capability to pull strings the system wherein the users freedom of the product is given limitations.Added by Scheiener, computer users or consumers oft times do not know what they are buying. Advertisements are so broad that buyers only see the outside appearance of the capability of the product. Consumers do not know what else their product can do. With this weakness, rootkit see an opportunity. It cant be distinguished by consumers as harmful except when their anti-virus reacts on it (after distinguishing it as a malware). But these days, rootkit is accepted by anti-virus companies as useful software and now freely preventing music from be copied.In my opinion, it is illegal and unethical to copy a product. The ethical nature of copy protection and its capital punishment on the other hand is discussed in relation to a new set of copyright laws called The digital Millennium imitateright Act. This act protects the media industry. It punishes those people involved in illegal duplication of digital products.In some point, consumers do not freely get what they needed for a product. Consumers buy digital products to action their needs. But with this technology, some consumers rights are somewhat by passed. If we try to look at some point, there is a contradiction. Consumers wanted to buy a product that will gift their lives easy. But this target area is not met since producers have the capability to control the product they want to sell. But, we can also say that it is a part of technology advancement. It is like before.There are no copying devices before so digital products are secured. It only came when the technology advances and devices able to duplicate are manufactured. Digital products vendors are only up grading their system. They only restore what was lost. With the rootkit, digital products today have similar limitations before, except that its much advance and more easy to use.Theres another important thing the article discussed. The rootkit was not detected by anti-virus softwares before. There are people who know that Sony rootkit is freely exploring their computers. One of the reasons for this is that, Sonys technology or program is more powerful than the anti-virus available that time. There were customers who noticed it. Some make noise that their anti-virus software did not detect the rootkit. Its really shame on the part of anti-virus provider.Their software should be able to protect the computer from harmful viruses yet rootkit passed the test. We can picture out that programmers are getting their codes better in order to cross the gate which are set by protection softwares. However that did not conk a long time. Anti-virus software providers developed further their pro ducts and able to detect the rootkit.Scheiener was asked if Sony will not make another program similar to rootkit. The guru said boldly that Sony will again do it when the controversy is over. Well, we cannot buck the company for it. They are only protecting their products from pirates. If more piracy will happen the digital industry will not also last for long. There will be no marketer on the said or similar products. It is also their way of saving their jobs and professions.Malware is really a big issue. Rootkit is not free from that controversy. The process will just create a cycle. There are people who will continue to find ship canal how to pirate a digital product. Crackers will continue to publish codes in order to exploit bugs of every technology. While that is happening, cyber security personnel will find ways to prevent their products from being stolen. This is indeed an indication that we passed the days of low-technology and now experiencing a high-end digital technol ogy. Nonetheless, copy protection will still be recognized as malware unless anti-virus provider withdraws its security on the program.ReferenceRoush, W. (2006). When Copy Protection Becomes Malware. Technology Review. Retrieved