> "Most people don't even know what a rootkit is, > so why should they care about it?" The most ironic, for me, twist in this saga is that Sony, who are at the forefront of campaigning for rights management/content protection breached at least two open source licence conditions by including open source (but licienced) code in the 'kits http://tinyurl.com/7lsu3 It just gets better :o) Q PS: I don't think the public at large will be too surprised about all the deciet and lies though. Heck, presidents do it all the time these days with no outcry