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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 03:13am on 09/01/2004
Yes, that's just the sort of thing Ad-Aware finds - values like searchxl.com in those keys.

The major change to my set-up in the last week has been:
i) getting braodband through Eclipse
ii) installing RealPlayer
iii) setting up the firewall
iv) installing ZoneAlarm
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posted by [identity profile] bellinghman.livejournal.com at 03:26am on 09/01/2004
ii) installing RealPlayer

Oh no, you didn't do that, did you? I truly loathe Real, they install stuff on a system I really don't want. Stuff that seemingly cannot be disabled, stuff that insists on popping up windows, stuff that just won't go away.

Even Microsoft is (so far) less evil than Real.
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posted by [identity profile] karmicnull.livejournal.com at 03:44am on 09/01/2004
I truly loathe Real
Couldn't agree more. Real Player and Quicktime are two pieces of bloatware that cause pain and anguish, do much the same thing, and are both sadly necessary because of websites that support only one or the other (BBC, Teletubbies, Tractor Tom, etc).
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 03:47am on 09/01/2004
No, [livejournal.com profile] major_clanger did. (See how much I love you, dear? I dob you in it without a second's hesitation :-))
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posted by [identity profile] major-clanger.livejournal.com at 09:43am on 09/01/2004
...and that's why I deliberately installed an old version (still available on Real's web site if you look) rather than the latest bit of bloatware. It is, as people note, a bit of a Necessary Evil if you want to view much of the video content on the Web.

MC
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 10:53am on 09/01/2004
*removes dobbing* :-)
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posted by [identity profile] hawkida.livejournal.com at 03:57am on 09/01/2004
As well as Ad-aware, find a programme called Spybot Search & Destroy. Same sort of thing but each of the two find stuff the other didn't. It's free and simple to use.
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