Years ago I found that Real Player was taking over my PC. I removed it; and found Windows Media Player much more satisfactory. I was disadvantaged for awhile by RP's virtual monopoly on the BBC and many other important sites, but gradually, over the years, more sites have made WMP an alternative to RP for watching/listening to their material. Here's a "PC World article about more recent RP victimization:
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006421.html
Recently I made the mistake of playing the DVD of Number 23 on my PC; a virulent type of badware took over my puter, placing numerous programs files throughout. It was quite difficult to remove it totally. Only a hardware firewall lets the computer operator know about this sort of infection, because it radically slows your puter. A sofware firewall would let these spybots function unbeknownst to the operator.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0481369/
Incidentally, the number 24 may be challenging '23' for the creepiness title soon, especially in Brazil where it has come to mean 'veado', meaning the animal 'deer' as well as the gay 'dearie'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_%28number%29
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