[BeerLover]

The "Real" Spyware....

Real Player Might have the possibility of it being "spyware". Real Networks, the producers of Real Player also released a download utility that sends a notice back to Real Networks with detailed information about every file you download. Don't know if Real Player does the same, but decided not to chance it.

They added the call home feature to their download accelerator, same as Netscape did, so it's likely to everything they produce, so I rather not chance anything that has Real Network's name on it. Or Netscape...

You might have the option of not allowing other programs to "Call Home" in the initial setup but... just thought to Let you guys know about the "Real" spyware. They "can" have access to your name. It's in the article.
http://grc.com/downloaders.htm for more info. This is their Front Page: Gibson Research Corporation http://grc.com/default.htm

Wired News: Privacy Suit Targets Netscape
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AOL/Netscape hit with privacy lawsuit
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Thanks to Pete for the info.


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[rhettman5]

If you want to rid, or check to see if there is any spyware on your computer, I suggest this free program, http://www.lavasoft.de/ program name is ad-aware it detects all known spyware and will delete, but caution, it may render the offending program useless in the process, also a good list of spyware can be found here , http://www.infoforce.qc.ca/spyware/enknownlistfrm.html hope this helps someone...Rhett

[BeerLover]

Thank you very much for removing the unnecessary information.

Also Thanks for Rhett for the information and Links. It's nice to have our Privacy. Much appreciated.

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