Sony Causing Trouble for Microsoft

In recent news, Microsoft announces that it will now remove the latest ‘security risk’ which includes BMG, the copy-protection software from Sony.
A recent discovery led Microsoft to conclude that hackers had taken advantage of a weakness in order to install viruses on people’s computers.

"Detection and removal of this rootkit component will also appear in Windows Defender when its first public beta is available. We also plan to include this signature in the December monthly update to the Malicious Software Removal Tool", said Jason Garms, group program manager of the Anti-Malware Technology Team.

Sony’s adware has recently come under scrutiny when they were targeted in a large action lawsuit where it was reported that they had indeed not disclosed what their application did.