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Windows Media Player A Security Threat

March 02, 2005 at 11:35 AM

I got my ass kicked by a virus/spyware smorgasboard when Windows Media Player 10 tried to acquire a license for a music file. Installed all sorts of fun stuff that even after weeks worth of running spyware cleaners and Norton Anti-Virus was still lingering. I eventually had to reformat and reinstall.

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1 christina said...

Stick with Windows Media 9 or lower! Or better yet use Quicktime! Lots of video out there on the web isn't encoded for WM10.

Posted on March 02, 2005 at 02:40 PM

2 Brian said...

WMP 9 has the flaw too woman.

Posted on March 02, 2005 at 02:42 PM

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