RealPlayer security holes affect Macs

[MacBytes]

Category: 3rd Party Software
Link: RealPlayer security holes affect Macs
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[iMeowbot]

Oh, it was only in the beta versions. Never mind!

 

[Lancetx]

It's still another good reason to keep anything from Real Networks off of your Mac.

 

[Viv]

Just so ironic

 

[Nermal]

It's still another good reason to keep anything from Real Networks off of your Mac.

Another reason? What are the other reasons?

 

[macridah]

I try to avoid real player whenever I can. On my mac, I didn't install it, but on my sorry windows, I did.

 

[nagromme]

What I for one hold against Real is what it did to my OS 8 and OS 9 systems. Taking over filetypes that ALREADY were usable--like wavs and even text files!--and then trying to open them, making them LESS usable than before. In fact, it took over filetypes it could NOT open, making those files temporarily useless. And trying to reverse the whole mess was a huge labor.

Now, OS X apparently does not allow Real to perform such nonsense. But I just saw what Real did to a friend's OS 9 machine last week, and am reminded yet again of how I was burned.

 

[iMeowbot]

Another reason? What are the other reasons?

It's all sour grapes over obsolete releases. Don't worry about it if you're using the current stuff.

 

[g4cubed]

It's all sour grapes over obsolete releases. Don't worry about it if you're using the current stuff.

Well I wouldn't call it sour grapes. As nagromme and his friend had big problems in OS 8 & 9. I did also, before getting my Cube, in which I ended up reinstalling to rid the problem. A lot of people still use OS9 because they have older machunes. They can't upgrade further and so sometimes have to use obslete apps.

off topic: I like the new tar. Halloween is the best.

 

[solvs]

I try to avoid real player whenever I can. On my mac, I didn't install it, but on my sorry windows, I did.

Try Real Alternative and Media Player Classic. Do a Goolge search. They're pretty good, for Windows software. Though it crashes more on bad files than WMP does, and isn't great with streaming.

It's all sour grapes over obsolete releases.

More that it sucks on every OS I've ever used. Windows 9x and NT variants, OS 8, 9, even X. Less so now, and but still a PITA. Even Windows and Linux zealots were siding with Apple on the Helix thing. Spyware at it's finest.

 

[Nermal]

It's all sour grapes over obsolete releases. Don't worry about it if you're using the current stuff.

Ah OK, I didn't switch to Mac until OS X so I have no idea what it used to be like. I do know that the Windows player wasn't too good though.

 

[jbembe]

I don't have any reason to put crappy software on my mac either.