After Criticism, Sony Issues Fix for Hidden Rootkits - Yahoo! News

It looks like Sony did the right thing to ward off any additional criticism. I think there will still be a backlash, though. I know I won't buy a Sony CD anytime soon and won't even download music from Sony artists on iTunes anymore. As the story mentions, it was a "slimy" thing that they did and no one would have known about it if Mark Russinovich didn't catch it. Who knows what they will pull in the future.