Summary: "How did this junk get on my computer?" We see that all the time in this forum. Okay, here's one example, and a product to stay away from: Quoted from...
Summary: The last Dell computer I bought came with Real Player installed. The very first thing I did was uninstall Real Player, THEN I got rid of the Dell crap...
Summary: By Jim Lynch Extreme Tech Intuit is following in the footsteps of giants. Wrongheaded, mistrustful, overcontrolling giants. When Microsoft released Of...
Summary: Real Player has always had its share of spyware. In the past you could easily opt out, but REALONE makes it almost impossible to do so now. I would re...
Summary: dw266, I agree with you. I had to upgrade to get my favorite NPR Radio station and Car Talk. You can stop all the crap by carefully selecting the inst...
Summary: You can also get the patch at RealNetworks site. I dl'ed it but it gave me a lot of trouble and kept locking up. Then, all of a sudden it didn't. So, ...
Summary: You can set Real Player up so that it has no spyware, email notices and popups. Just remember that you have to start at the very beginning by unchecki...
Summary: It is very simple: If your pc is visible on the internet, it is a target, no matter how it is connected. If you are browsing with all ports stealthe...
Summary: I used Ad-aware 6.0, click setting and under memory and registry check everything. After I did that and ran Ad-aware it detected everything. I was t...
Summary: I dislike RealPlayer greatly! I have it on my computer only for the rare occaision when I want to listen to something and there is no other option. ...
Summary: At one time I read that Real Player was bundling gator. Definitely spyware. I don't know if that's the case or not now. I do know that Real Player ...
Summary: Well, I won't go so far as to say I'm an online expert, far from it I believe, but, I do have my own thing as far as protecting myself. Let's start ...
Summary: Try www.Oldversion.com. I've read that the earlier versions of real player and windows media player are safer than the new versions. I don't know sp...
Summary: Long read! But fun. This is not his first product like this. Seems it was first ADS Adware Remover If you follow all the recently added links in the t...
Summary: That is why I still use Real Player 8 available from oldversions.com. I have read that the latest version of Real allows you to select and opt out of ...
Summary: Please help me. I have some sort of virus, and anytime I try to click on the Norton icon (and many other programs: real player, windows media, video f...
Summary: SmitFraudFix v2.256 Scan done at 15:28:16.62, Wed 11/28/2007 Run from C:\Documents and Settings\Owner.YOUR-DB03786206\Desktop\SmitfraudFix OS: Microso...
Summary: Hi People hope your all ok? Ok my problem is my internet explorer browser keeps loading up pop ups all on its own, i am an aol user and dont use explo...
Summary: Hi, so many people seem to use the googlebar, so I'm thinking of giving it a shot, even though ie with sp2 has a built in popup blocker. Do any of you...
Summary: No pary poker in add/remove. I have played 888.info/Pacific Poker for about ayear with seemingly no ill effects. Vundo rebooted automatically. I goofe...
Summary: Hi First I wanted to say "thank you very much" for this site and all the information you provide for "accidental techies" like myself who have a new a...
Summary: The hacker had complete access to your computer. Worse your computer could have been used to gain access to other people's computers. This access was ...
Summary: Hi! So, a few years ago when I was naive, I used an online pharmacy site and my real name, address of course, and email addy (I now use a "disposable"...
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