Real Rhaposdy has been labed Badware.

Here is what StopBadWare.Org is reporting…

“Interestingly, RealPlayer 10.5 and RealPlayer 11, both of which are distributed widely, both violate our badware guidelines, but in different ways.

RealPlayer 10.5 is badware because it doesn’t tell the user that its “Message Center” feature will pop up ads from the system tray if the user doesn’t register the application.

RealPlayer 11 is badware because it installs the Rhapsody Player Engine without notifying the user. When the user uninstalls RealPlayer, Rhapsody Player Engine is left behind, unless the user also knows to uninstall it separately.”

For more information go on over to StopBadWare.Org (Blog) and (Full Alert)

As you can see it’s not a serious issue, but does violate the End User License Agreement.

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