Mike McBridge reads a review of the newest version of the free RealPlayer and concludes:
"Looks like it'll stay on the 'no' list on our work network. "
The review, from Spyware Info, is titled Real Bad Software and focuses on the spyware-ish attributes of the player:
"... For one thing, by default, there are 4 different 'contact me about stuff' options checked. Immediately after it finished installation, my firewall popped up four different times to tell me it was accessing the internet. I decided to log every firewall access to see what would happen. After an hour of playing music, the firewall logged an astounding 2,500 distinct internet accesses, and this was after I had gone through the options and disabled all of the 'phone home' options. ..."
The author also reads the whole EULA, and finds a section that lets Real install additional software without your permission.
Back to CompendiumI agree 100%. I have been suspicious of RealPlayer for some time, and now that I've read this article, I'm going to institute the same policy in our company.
Posted by: Terri on May 8, 2004 09:16 PMI've been calling RealPlayer a virus (only half tongue-in-cheek) for years. It's rude, it's intrusive, and it installs spy-like ancillaries.
If it looks like a duck...
Posted by: Dave on May 8, 2004 09:24 PMPosted by Dave at May 8, 2004 09:24 PM
Quote "If it looks like a duck..."
Shoot it!
I'm more of a home user, and i have never liked Real Player either, because of the low quality sound and video but i have perfect quality with the WMP. And it puts WAY more Overhead on the OS then what it needs. I think either they should Re-code the player, or everyone just boycotts it.. Well next class is starting. Sorry i couldnt finish this.
Posted by: Silent Killa on May 10, 2004 12:24 PMTry MediaPlayer Classic or Real Alternative.
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