In Reply to: Re: All that and more is why I refuse to have anything to do with RealPlayer,.. posted by RBP on July 12, 2004 at 18:30:46:
Hi, Bill,RealPlayer has evidently been known for yonks as spyware central. I once loaded the thing, and it took me two weeks to get all the germs off my box. This was when I became enamoured of Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware.
I understand that there's a ware called 'Real Alternative' that will play the appropriate files. It is (approximately) RP without the spyware. Haven't tried it, but it comes recommended by my faculty.
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