Chuck
Sat Aug 14 09:01:12 CDT 2004
On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 05:08:08 -0700, <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I have both Window Media player and Real Player, do I need
>to have both or can I get rid of one? If so, which one?
That's a personal decision you have to make. Both are privacy threats, unless
properly configured. Both process ("play") files that the other won't, and both
process files that the other will.
Generally, both are innocuous unless run, though if you ever run RealPlayer, it
will start a background task that will repeatedly try to add an additional RP
task to startup automatically. Garbage that you don't need. WMP has its tricks
too.
For more information about the two (Tweeduldum and Tweeduldee), do some reading
in alt.privacy.spyware.
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.