Friday, October 29, 2004
Dangerous video 2: Real Player
NGS Software, the folks who discovered the security bug in QuickTime for Windows, also turned up a security bug in many video players from Real Networks. Details are scarce, but it seems to have something to do with downloading a "skin" for the player. RealPlayer 10 and 10.5 are said to be affected, as are versions 1 and 2 of RealOne.
Download the Real Player patch or think twice about what you open in Real Player.
UPDATE 10/30: this is more dangerous than the QuickTime bug, because someone's proven that it's possible to use this bug to take over your computer.
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Download the Real Player patch or think twice about what you open in Real Player.
UPDATE 10/30: this is more dangerous than the QuickTime bug, because someone's proven that it's possible to use this bug to take over your computer.
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