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Stop Badware Organization Labels Real Player as Badware

by Ron Schenone on March 26, 2008 at 8:27 am · Comments
Categorized by Blogroll, General, Internet, Technology / Related Information

Over at Stop Bardware Org, they have posted an article which claims that the software from Real Player does not warn users about the installation of software on the users system. According to the article, Stop Badware states:

We find that RealPlayer 10.5 is badware because it fails to accurately and completely disclose the fact that it installs advertising software on the user’s computer. We additionally find that RealPlayer 11 is badware because it does not disclose the fact that it installs Rhapsody Player Engine software, and fails to remove this software when RealPlayer is uninstalled.
We currently recommend that users do not install the versions of RealPlayer software that we tested, unless the user is comfortable with the software behaviors we identify or until the application is updated to be consistent with the recommendations contained in this report.

RealPlayer 11 is currently promoted by RealNetworks at www.real.com.
RealPlayer 10.5 is distributed through channels such as Mozilla Firefox’s ‘Missing Plug-in’ feature and the BBC Radio website.

But what has your experience been with Real Player? Badware or not?

Full article is here:

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