*Don't* install Sony's patch

That’s the advice from the Washington Post’s Brian Krebs, reporting that “security researchers say it will introduce even more vulnerabilities into your system.” If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, see my coverage last week. If you’re not sure if someone at your house has inadvertently downloaded the offending Sony anti-piracy software (by playing one of the Sony BMG CDs that installs it automatically), Sony finally has a list of the CDs that carry this copy protection technology. If you’re still not sure if you have this flawed software on a Windows PC, you can go to a new Microsoft service you should know about anyway: Windows Live Safety Center, which will scan your PC and help you get this and other nasty, invasive software off it. The Post explains all of this in detail.