One such rootkit is called Settec's Alpha. It's a lot like Sony's XCP rootkit. I'm not aware of an factory-provided removal utility, but try your anti-virus software. I'd return the original. And this is one of the very few instances in which, my personal beliefs are, you have the right to copy the original before doing so. Not that I'm actually advocating it...;)
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=106425
It's not that I'm in favor of illegal copying - I'm often the first around here to advocate against piracy and file-sharing - but when the entertainment industry starts installing hijackers and trojans on innocent people's computers, well, as far as I'm concerned, they've signed their rights away. Your purchase of that movie was a contract. But since they violated your property rights, you have no obligation to uphold your end of the agreement and respect theirs. Furthermore, my personal belief is that one has an ethical obligation to prevent other innocent users from becoming infected by such malware by making the content freely available online. My two pennies.
-Do you believe you own your computer and shouldn't be told what you can run and do? Then say *NO* to Microsoft Vista!
-Since half the questions here involve media problems, here ya go: Only use Verbatim or Taiyo-Yuden discs (get your TYs from Rima.com, not Supermediastore or meritline). Forget the rest, no matter what "brand" they sell under. Always burn at 4x speed regardless of the speed rating of this discs or your drive. If you have burn problems with these then you have to update your drive's firmware. For double-layer discs, only use Verbatim DVD+R DL and burn them at 2.4x speed.
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