Re: Realplayer security and privacy issues?
From: nemo (nemo_at_newtylust.nit)
Date: 05/31/05
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Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 16:00:25 GMT
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:d4_me.10307$3u3.2144@trnddc07...
> From: "nemo" <nemo@newtylust.nit>
>
> | I haven't posted here for ages so I suppose I'd better introduce myself
as a
> | Newbie again.
> |
> | I accidentally deleted my old version of RealPlayer and yesterday, I
> | downloaded the free basic version.
> |
> | It installed OK, plays a few more types of file and the picture quality
is
> | much improved. Fine I thought.
> |
> | But during the install, it repeatedly asked me for my postcode which I'd
> | already submitted, (I have it listed as confidential info with a prompt
> | instruction) and more disturbingly, it removed the Block Cookies rule
from
> | IE and my Norton firewall and used a huge number of them while
installing.
> | Fortunately it only altered the setting from 'Block All' to 'Prompt' in
the
> | firewall and that's how I realised what it had done.
> |
> | And on top of that, this morning RealPlayer contacted
> | http://message.real.com/Msg/7.0/win32 resulting in my again being asked
for
> | my postcode. (That's UK for Zip Code, BTW.)
> |
> | The odd thing was - I didn't have RealPlayer running at the time and
there's
> | nothing new showing as running in the background when I hit
CTRL+ALT+DEL.
> |
> | Any ideas before I ditch the thing and do without it? Flash and Media
Player
> | 7 have already gone that way for phoning home.
> |
> | Thanks in advance,
> |
> | Nemo
> |
>
> There have ben several vulbnerabilities noted in RealAudio. There are
also exploits for the
> vulnerabilities and require replacing the software, patching the software
or upgrading the
> version.
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>
Thanks. I'll ditch the thing. It's not worth the trouble.
Nemo
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