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Real to offer fix for RealPlayer security flaw

article published on 20 October, 2007

RealNetworks Inc. has announced that a fix will be made available for a critical unpatched vulnerability in the RealPlayer software. Symantec Corp. researchers discovered yesterday that the vulnerability was already being exploited by malware authors. "Real has created a patch for RealPlayer 10.5 and RealPlayer 11 that addresses the vulnerability identified by Symantec," wrote RealNetworks ... [ read the full article ]

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borhan9
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_ 		24. October 2007 @ 02:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I prefer the real player alternatve because its smaller and easier to use and does not have ad support.
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MattSpra
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_ 		25. October 2007 @ 14:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
RealNetworks has issued a patch for this vulnerability that users can download here -
http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/191007_player/en/

For more information about these patches and how the new RealPlayer has been improved, please visit the RealPlayer blog at www.realplayer.com/blog/

Matt Spragins
Real Networks
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