RealPlayer Labeled ‘Badware,’ Real Networks Disputes Report

Feb 2, 2008 Blogging, Safety, Tech News

Stopbadware RealPlayer has been labeled as Badware [link via Techmeme], and consumer online safety group, StopBadware, advises users to uninstall RealPlayer. I’ve always disliked the way RealPlayer would sit in my systray and frequently pop-up informing of a product upgrade — when I never explicitly authorized it.

I suppose it was the registration paths mazes that it would send users through hoping they’d pay for some “gold” pass that irked me. I just didn’t see the need to pay for a media player that I used so infrequently, while I can get the same (probably better) content on other players like iTunes, Winamp and VLCPlayer.

The report issued by StopBadware.org has a full analysis on why RealPlayer earned their stripes.

I’ve posted details on how to uninstall RealPlayer in response to this.

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  1. How to Uninstall RealPlayer at DygiScape Says:

    February 2nd, 2008 at 8:16 PM

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