With the revelation that the web uninstall activeX controll is a greater security risk than the original Rootkit. It makes the mind boggle at where this will go next. Sony have released an update that is now in downloadable .exe or .zip format which eliminates any more downloads of the activeX component.. If you were one of the people unfortuante enough to have had their favorite music do this to your personal computer I am very sorry you have had to endure this.
Freedom to Tinker has a post pointing to USAToday, they have posted an article regarding Sony doing a full-product recall of all CD’s containg First4Internet’s XCP DRM software.