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RealPlayer redeemed

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Maxim Weinstein

The folks at Real Networks, creators of RealPlayer, recently brought to our attention a new version of the software that addresses the badware concerns we raised last year. We have therefore archived our alert about RealPlayer and updated it to … Continue reading →

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Responding to RealPlayer

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Erica George

RealNetworks yesterday posted a response to StopBadware’s alert (and later full report) labeling its RealPlayer software versions 10.5 and 11 as badware. Unfortunately, Real seems to have chosen to explain away the issues we noted in its software, rather than … Continue reading →

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RealPlayer Follow-Up Report

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Brandon Palmen

Public response to StopBadware’s recent RealPlayer alert has generally been positive, and we are pleased to hear that RealNetworks plans to correct some of the behaviors which we identified in the alert in a future RealPlayer release. Nonetheless, we are … Continue reading →

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RealPlayer is badware

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Maxim Weinstein

StopBadware has released an alert identifying RealPlayer as badware. See our press release here and the complete alert here. Interestingly, RealPlayer 10.5 and RealPlayer 11, both of which are distributed widely, both violate our badware guidelines, but in different ways. … Continue reading →

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