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July 6th, 2004, 02:27 PM
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| Does Windows Media Player or Real Player contain spyware?
I was thinking about installing Windows Media player, but I heard that version 8 contained spyware, so I was wondering if version 9 does as well. I am also thinking about installing Real Player, and I figured I'd ask if that contained spyware while I was at it. Thanks.
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July 6th, 2004, 03:01 PM
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Nope, neither do. As far as I know, there isn't a Macintosh application out there that contains spyware. Not even LimeWire.
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July 7th, 2004, 03:53 PM
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Think you heard this from the windows version. The mac version never contained anythink (known) like spyware. I use both of them and neither my NIDS nor the traffic analyser shows anything unwanted. But the windows version of both players contained spyware at least in the last versions. |
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July 17th, 2004, 12:44 AM
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I just learned that Dreamweaver MX 2004 contains a program the "phones home" to authenticate. See this page. Not really too bad, as it doesn't send you spam or anything, but no program should phone home. I guess I'll buy GoLive.
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July 17th, 2004, 09:00 AM
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Get Little Snitch. It prevents anything from calling home. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17642
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