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Andrew DeFaria wrote:
> I have no idea what this Daemon tools thing is. Hooks into the file 
> system. Gee that's beginning to sound like a root-kit!

Last I checked, it is a program to allow you to mount CD images as "real 
drives". Since it is supposed to make them look "real" enough to even 
fool certain copy protection schemes (and since Windows doesn't have 
built-in iso9660-over-loopback mount support like Linux does), I'm not 
surprised that it "hooks into the file system". Actually, if anything I 
would be surprised if it could do its thing *without* doing so.

A "benevolent" rootkit, perhaps?

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