"Once the protection installs itself on your computer, allowing every hacker in the world in, there is no way to remove it."
well, I doubt that. In fact, I can think of one way right off the bat. I'm sure a way that doesn't involve a reformat will pop up here pretty soon.
Of course it's a problem. But in the grand scheme of things i don't really consider it a big problem that will only be fixed when I have I am standing on a pile of rubble that once was Sony Corp.
Oh I am sure you can deal with it just fine, working for SONY and all.
The average user, however, is screwed. He is neither a geek not a programmer. Most users can't even mess with the registry.