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Mister Charlie
Is there any? This POS program has got to go now Real ALternative is
installed. Of course it won't go quietly into that long goodnight.
installed. Of course it won't go quietly into that long goodnight.
Is there any? This POS program has got to go now Real ALternative is
installed. Of course it won't go quietly into that long goodnight.
Mister said:Is there any? This POS program has got to go now Real ALternative is
installed. Of course it won't go quietly into that long goodnight.
John Corliss said:Good luck. From what I've heard, the thing leaves cancerous tentacles
in your system after you uninstall it via regular means. Your best bet
is to do a total system reinstall (also from what I've heard.)
Or even "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"Is there any? This POS program has got to go now Real ALternative is
installed. Of course it won't go quietly into that long goodnight.
Yeah, going on faulty short term memory. However, the poem was less anJnJ said:Or even "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"
Of course - understood. It's a great poem though. Real Players is theYeah, going on faulty short term memory. However, the poem was less an
issue with me than the Real problem.
Richard said:Note that the Real Alternative file set is an alternative to the
Real Player itself, but not to the practices and technologies of
Real Networks. This file set is used by Media Player Classic to
render Real Streams. I've also found jetAudio (another "Real
Alternative") referring to files within that set, as well. Real
Alternative appears to be a product of Real Networks; all its
files contain embedded references to that company as the source,
and one of the files in the set is a Real logo. True to form, the
program even incorporates spyware. See the spyware newsgroup for
information about how to protect yourself from the privacy
invasion.
Thanks for the detailed response. Obviously it is too late for me toRichard Steinfeld said:Note that the Real Alternative file set is an alternative to the
Real Player itself, but not to the practices and technologies of
Real Networks. This file set is used by Media Player Classic to
render Real Streams. I've also found jetAudio (another "Real
Alternative") referring to files within that set, as well. Real
Alternative appears to be a product of Real Networks; all its
files contain embedded references to that company as the source,
and one of the files in the set is a Real logo. True to form, the
program even incorporates spyware. See the spyware newsgroup for
information about how to protect yourself from the privacy
invasion.
Thanks, I will do that.Richard Steinfeld said:Also go to the spyware newsgroup and see what people have wrote
about the behavior of the "alternatives." I'll add that the two
alternatives that I've used are much less invasive and lighter on
their feet than the "official" variety.
Richard said:"Mark Warner" wrote
Dear mark,
I'm going to lose my inhibitions in this reply, just like you
urged in your tagline. You are invited to point yourself to the
"evidence" that I mentioned in my post; go to the spyware
newsgroup. You know how to do this, don't you? Just because you
haven't heard any claims does not mean that you are not
uninformed! This issue has been discussed there more than once.
People on that group who have the technical knowledge to be able
to analyze code contained within certain files that they've
studied have posted specific file content patterns and
instructions for altering these contents so that the fileset
cannot "phone home" with reports about Mark Warner's media
habits. Go there and find the answers that you asked me. You may
have to go back a couple of months or so,and/or use Google Groups
to do so.
I also invite you to do exactly what I did; just use any program
that will display the contents within a file and look for
yourself at the source data that's contained in the Real
Alternative files.
As far as Real Alternative's being "...what it represents itself
to be," as far as I've seen, the Real Alternative file set simply
is a file set. I have seen no representation of itself by
"itself." All representations that I've seen have been provided
by others, such as the people who maintain freeware/shareware
download sites. The file set is used in the manner of a plugin by
Media Player Classic. Other suitable players, of course, are free
to connect with the file set, too. For example, when I use
jetAudio (a commercial product), my firewall reports that it's
actually gone over to the Real Alternative file set that I
installed with Media Player Classic and is grabbing a few of
those files to do its work. This is strange business.
Mark, do your own homework. Cut the lingo crap: I do not reside
in a goddamn law office.
Thanks for the detailed response. Obviously it is too late for me to
have a tracking program in place before installing Real.
Is there something I'm not understanding or can one just
* uninstall the more insidious parts through windows add and remove,
* remove the directory hierarchy left behind, and
-- assume it is for all intents and purposes not messing up or with your
system?
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