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| seanery |
 Nov 24 2004, 10:15 AM
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waiting to rebuild whitey!  Group: Retired Admin Posts: 15,854 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Indy Member No.: 100 Region Association: None  |
I have my system cleaned up fairly well, but I'm not sure what to do about these last entries. Can someone give me some pointers? I have added Wal-Mart's shopping program onto my Windows Media Player, for your information. I can't get more info out of Spybot Search & Destroy.
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| scruz914 |
Nov 24 2004, 10:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 815 Joined: 26-February 04 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 1,724 |
Sean,
Not sure what your question is. Do you want to keep the WalMart's changes? -Jeff |
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| seanery |
Nov 24 2004, 10:22 AM
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waiting to rebuild whitey! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 15,854 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Indy Member No.: 100 Region Association: None |
I don't know if that's what that is, but I wanted it to be known. What are those entries is my question. Can I delete them?
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| jim912928 |
Nov 24 2004, 10:25 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,485 Joined: 8-January 04 From: Granger, IN Member No.: 1,536 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
This is a guess, but since the new media player does alot of "connecting" to the internet for music and such, could be some cookies that track what music you listen to or what "media" sites you go to. My guess is you won't hurt media player but you may loose connections to music/media sites that you go to when using media player
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| scruz914 |
Nov 24 2004, 10:42 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 815 Joined: 26-February 04 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 1,724 |
QUOTE(seanery @ Nov 24 2004, 09:22 AM) I don't know if that's what that is, but I wanted it to be known. What are those entries is my question. Can I delete them? I don't currently use Spybot but do use Spy Sweeper. Most of the time there is a correlation between an install and a spy warning. I forget if the red ! is a warning or critical indicator. Jim is correct in that media player creates connections to the internet and saving the registry settings may overwrite existing settings. Personally I would be skeptical of anything WalMart wants to add to my machine. If you really think that what you added from WalMart is going to give you some value then keep the changes. If you are in doubt, kill them. -Jeff |
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| JmuRiz |
Nov 24 2004, 10:52 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,434 Joined: 30-December 02 From: NoVA Member No.: 50 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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I use spybot, and I think they are just cookies the media player uses. I removed mine and the media player still works fine.
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| Rough_Rider |
Nov 24 2004, 11:21 AM
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Smurf Zone Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 16-August 04 From: Beaverton, OR Member No.: 2,547 |
You've got regestry entries for the Windows Media Player Exploit.
Its a known hack in medai player where when those users are online your IP address is broadcasted to media players site. Unfortunatly this info is also available for spyware to pick up. Do let the anti-spware software remove / clean the reg links. Also upgrade media player past version 7.1 |
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| seanery |
Nov 24 2004, 11:33 AM
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waiting to rebuild whitey! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 15,854 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Indy Member No.: 100 Region Association: None |
media player is version 10
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| davep |
Nov 24 2004, 12:43 PM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,156 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada  |
When in doubt, delete. I'd agree that it is probably safe to delete. WMP is Micro$oft spyware, and I try to limit the actions of such things as much as I can. Zonealarm alerts me whenever a program wants internet access, and the number of alerts initiated by Microsoft products is alarming. Spybot and AdAware are two essentials for my work machine.
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