Realplayer etc

[Becky]

Why doesn't Antispyware give you the option to block
Realplayer, Quicktime etc adding themselves to your
startup rather than just giving a message that they have
been added? When I first installed spyware I was amazed
how many applications I only run on occasion were loading
themselves into the background and wasting resources
every time I start up. I got rid of them straight away,
and most of them stay gone but it really irritates me
that some applications such as Realplayer keep re-adding
themselves to my startup everytime I open them, without
asking and I have to remove them manually. Why can't
Antispyware either give the option to allow them or at
least keep them blocked once I've gone to the trouble of
blocking them?

 

[Robin Walker [MVP]]

Why doesn't Antispyware give you the option to block
Realplayer, Quicktime etc adding themselves to your
startup rather than just giving a message that they have
been added?

Because QuickTime and RealPlayer are legitimate and have no malware
components.

 

[Becky]

I take your point that they are legitimate and have no
malware but it doesn't stop them from being annoying and
wasting my resources even if they are doing it legally.
And since I'm sure they inform their parent companies
which of their applications I have and my usage patterns
then they can be considered as spyware.
I had a whole host of legal programs, Quicken, Nero
Smartsuit, Nikon camera application, Serif, Realplayer,
Quicktime, etc all loading themselves every time I turn
my computer even though I only use them on occasion. I
removed them all from my startup and the main
applications still do everything I want irrespective so
why should I possibly want them all loading everytime
wasting time and increasing the risk of instability.

-----Original Message-----

Why doesn't Antispyware give you the option to block
Realplayer, Quicktime etc adding themselves to your
startup rather than just giving a message that they have
been added?

Because QuickTime and RealPlayer are legitimate and have no malware
components.

--
Robin Walker [MVP Networking]
(e-mail address removed)


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[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE]

Have you checked each program to see if you can turn off an option to load
at startup?

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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I take your point that they are legitimate and have no
malware but it doesn't stop them from being annoying and
wasting my resources even if they are doing it legally.
And since I'm sure they inform their parent companies
which of their applications I have and my usage patterns
then they can be considered as spyware.
I had a whole host of legal programs, Quicken, Nero
Smartsuit, Nikon camera application, Serif, Realplayer,
Quicktime, etc all loading themselves every time I turn
my computer even though I only use them on occasion. I
removed them all from my startup and the main
applications still do everything I want irrespective so
why should I possibly want them all loading everytime
wasting time and increasing the risk of instability.

-----Original Message-----

Why doesn't Antispyware give you the option to block
Realplayer, Quicktime etc adding themselves to your
startup rather than just giving a message that they have
been added?

Because QuickTime and RealPlayer are legitimate and have no malware
components.

--
Robin Walker [MVP Networking]
(e-mail address removed)


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