RE: Janet Krueger on CBS.... -- MIDRANGE-L

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> From: Joe Pluta
> 
> Oops.  Unfortunately, CBS has decided to go purely RealVideo, and I
> won't put RealPlayer on any machine I own.

I decided to do a little more research before casting aspersions on the
fine folks from RealMedia (or whatever they call themselves) and in so
doing found the following page:

http://www.aluminumstudios.com/spyware/#cleanliving

I highly suggest everyone with an Internet connection read this.  I
hadn't realized just how bad the spyware deal is, but evidently there
are programs that, upon installation, will begin "trickle-downloading"
other programs that then act as spyware.  Other programs will actually
hijack your DNS settings so as to resolve their outbound requests.

Read the page, but more importantly follow the links.  Mr. Chen has
spent quite a bit of time creating what is in effect a primer on the
ugly fact of spyware.

For example, he provided a link to this particularly startling story:

http://www.itworld.com/AppDev/1471/IDG020221mediaplayer/

<shiver>

Joe

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