[Agent]

MICROSOFT ( yes you heard it) has planted a little of spyware crap into the Windows Media Player 9. I just ran Ad Aware 6 with latest updates and discovered that. The bastereds really made me mad there. Fortunatelly, I was able to remove that registry ket thanks to AA 6 and it doesn't do any harm to Media Player. I strongly recommend that you all do this if you have Media Player 9.
What you need:
- Ad Aware 6. get the latest version from download.com and make sure you got the latest build.
- Latest Ad Aware updates (use web update in the program)
- Scan your computer (make sure you do the thorough scan)
- Remove the crap

Best regards, Agent

[Woolie Wool]

That's nothing. XP service pack 3 allows Microsoft to take a peek into your computer if they feel like it, or something like that.

[JC Denton]

Besides, smart(er) people don't use WMP anyways  Me for example: I use VirtualDub for most video playback, and what doesn't work in it, Winamp's video playback feature covers (which, I've found, is more stable in 2.93 than in 3.* ).

And of course, you can always use the old version of WMP (version 6.*) by going to Start->Run->mplayer2.exe

[SKYNET-011]

Checked it.

Ad-Aware kicks spyware arse:yes:

[Grey Wolf]

Originally posted by Woolie Wool
That's nothing. XP service pack 3 allows Microsoft to take a peek into your computer if they feel like it, or something like that.

Uh.... You know we're on SP1 still, right?

[Agent]

Originally posted by SKYNET-011
Checked it.

Ad-Aware kicks spyware arse:yes:

[Turnsky]

heh.. zone alarm is my friend..

[diamondgeezer]

Right, two questions - where the hell are you getting XP SP3 from, and where the hell are you getting Winamp 2.93 from?

[Admiral LSD]

Originally posted by Woolie Wool
That's nothing. XP service pack 3 allows Microsoft to take a peek into your computer if they feel like it, or something like that.

MS have the right to do anything they want, it is their software after all, just because you paid for it doesn't mean you own it. That goes for all of their software, not just Windows XP. You know that block of text near the beginning of ever MS (and others) installation routines that you usially just click "Next" on without even reading? The one that say "End User Licence Agreement"? That's where you give them the right.

[Tiara]

But XP came pre-installed with my comp so I didn't give them the right to peek into my computer. I also never got any license agreement either

[Admiral LSD]

Originally posted by Tiara
But XP came pre-installed with my comp so I didn't give them the right to peek into my computer. I also never got any license agreement either

If you don't agree to the EULA then you're not legally allowed to use the software. If you're using the software you're assumed to be in agreement with all the terms of the EULA.

[Tiara]

Its not my fault the store I bought it at didn't make me sign anything or tell me anything about it. If MS wants to sue me, I lay the blame at the company I bought it Its their responsibility to tell me as they sell it to me and they installed without consulting me about the EULA.

[kasperl]

Originally posted by Tiara
Its not my fault the store I bought it at didn't make me sign anything or tell me anything about it. If MS wants to sue me, I lay the blame at the company I bought it Its their responsibility to tell me as they sell it to me and they installed without consulting me about the EULA.

i need to remember that one.

[kasperl]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Right, two questions - where the hell are you getting XP SP3 from, and where the hell are you getting Winamp 2.93 from?

1) dunno, since it i don;t use XP
2) dunno, there at 2.91 according to the site.

[Admiral LSD]

Originally posted by kasperl

i need to remember that one.

Too bad it probably won't fly. Ignorance of the terms of a legally binding contract is no excuse. When Tiara took ownership of the computer and started using the software she is believed to be in full agreement with the terms of the EULA whether she read it or not.

[Solatar]

I didn't think it mattered as SP3 doesn't exist yet..

[Unknown Target]

How can you check what version of WindowXP you have/remove any of the service packs? I want to get rid of SP3, but I'm npt sure if I have it.

[Admiral LSD]

The current Service Pack level for NT/2k/XP is displayed in the System Properties window, right click My Computer and select Properties to see it. It's usually possible to remove a Service Pack by going into Add/Remove Programs and looking for it in the list. The exception is when a give SP is "slipstreamed" onto the CD, updating the files on the install CD itself so the SP get installed with the OS and you don't have to install it afterward. The only way to go back to a previous SP in this circumstance is to find the original CD on which the slipstreamed copy is based (assuming you have one. If you don't you're SOL). But at any rate, XP SP3 doesn't exist yet, SP2's only supposed to be released sometime early next year.

[diamondgeezer]

I don't even have SP1, since my XP Pro is COMPLETELY LEGAL and NOT IN ANY WAY WAY A RIPOFF COPY FROM A FRIEND'S HARD DRIVE

[Flipside]

LOL

My concern is that a Service Pack is supposed to bring XP up to date etc. It doesn't say much for Microsoft that they haven't even released one batch of repairs and they are planning ahead to the next batch!

Flipside