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Posted by: TechnologyExpert 1 year, 10 months ago

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Remember StopBadware.org and its labeling of RealPlayer as badware? Now it's "picking on" the website of an antivirus (AV) vendor, and rightfully so: it's been hacked and is serving up viruses.

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grungeplunge
Feb. 10, 2008, 3:02 p.m.
Evil stuff and no end in sight...
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engineer
Feb. 10, 2008, 6:40 p.m.
I hope they corrected it right away!!
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akhodiodi
Feb. 10, 2008, 9:08 p.m.
thanks
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progressive-bum
Feb. 11, 2008, 1:05 a.m.
Good thing I haven't been using Windows in years. Thanks TE!
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RobbieWilliams
Feb. 11, 2008, 5:11 a.m.
AV site cracked and serving viruses rofl.
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BigBadJohn666
Feb. 11, 2008, 8:39 a.m.
They are right about real player. It's been on my computers a few times in the last 10 years and I couldn't get it off fast enough. It was about the closest thing to a virus that I ever had. Real player should be called Real Junk.
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Cityslicker
Feb. 11, 2008, 10:08 a.m.
Use Linux or OSX .
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TweekerchickQC
Feb. 11, 2008, 11 a.m.
Well, that certainly explains a thing or two. UGH.
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luna2100
Feb. 11, 2008, 10:34 p.m.
Real Player always messed up my computer. Great info, here.