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What exactly is this
Name: Stefanos Date: April 24, 2003 at 09:10:52 Pacific OS: HomeXp CPU/Ram: 1.5p4/640 sdr
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Yes, i would like to know what exactly is this "realsched"? Is it a virus, trojan, spyware etc. I fofund it when i was looking at what programs were starting up when i started my comp. I thank you in advance
Name: edsod Date: April 24, 2003 at 09:34:41 Pacific
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"Application Scheduler installed along with RealOne Player . Runs independently of RealOne Player, to remind AutoUpdate and Message Center to perform their tasks at pre-scheduled intervals. If it can't be disabled try deleting or renaming realsched.exe and then delete the entry in the registry"
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Response Number 2
Name: BillCherryAtl Date: April 24, 2003 at 11:34:39 Pacific
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Edsod above is correct. Trouble is that many folks think {and I'm one} that RealOne Player is full of spywear and realsched.exe is trying to "phone home" with information about you computer use.Check this out I have the RealOne and block it's access with my firewall
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Response Number 3
Name: JayT Date: April 24, 2003 at 20:27:22 Pacific
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If you want to disable it, go to Start-Run-MSconfig-and uncheck tkBellExe. However, everytime you run RealPlayer it will be recreated. :-)
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