The Sony rootkit fiasco just keeps on growing. This week, following the filing of at least one lawsuit against Sony over the rootkits, Sony has announced that it will “suspend the manufacture of CDs containing” the rootkit technology.

Here is the full Sony statement:

“We are aware that a computer virus is circulating that may affect computers with XCP content protection software. The XCP software is included on a limited number of SONY BMG content protected titles. This potential problem has no effect on the use of these discs in conventional, non-computer-based, CD and DVD players.

In response to these events, SONY BMG has swiftly provided a patch to all major anti-virus companies and to the general public that guards against precisely the type of virus now said to exist. The patch…

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