-=PCTechTalk=- Re: How to Disable the Windows Media Player Spyware

  • From: "David J. Weaver" <weaverdj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 09:00:04 -0400

Easier yet use Ultraplayer, and you don't have to use WMP or Real, and
Ultraplayer does video.

http://www.ultraplayer.com

David Weaver

For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier...I put them in the
same
room and let them fight it out. -- Steven Wright


-----Original Message-----
From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Денисов Алекс
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 6:39 AM
To: Master NetLord
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: How to Disable the Windows Media Player Spyware



Hello Master,

Tuesday, July 16, 2002, 4:45:08 AM, you wrote:

>>From WinXPNews..........

MN> How to Disable the Windows Media Player Spyware

MN> Did you know that your Windows Media Player is spying on you? That's
right! And you don't even have to
MN> install the latest Windows Media Player security patch (read more about
the dangers of the WMP security
MN> patch later in this newsletter). The default settings of the WMP allow
it to communicate with the Microsoft
MN> mothership and other Web sites and report on the songs you play, those
you don't play, and what you had
MN> for breakfast (not sure about that last one). If you're not interested
in the WMP reconnoitering your
MN> personal life, then turn off the Spyware! Here's how:

MN> 1)  Open the Windows Media Player
MN> 2)  Click the Tools menu and then click the Options command
MN> 3)  Remove the checkmark from the Allow Internet sites to uniquely
identify your Player checkbox
MN> 4)  Click Apply and then click OK
MN> 5)  Close the WMP and then open it again.

MN> If you read the WMP Help file on the WMP, you'll get the impression that
this setting isn't a problem. Ha!
MN> Don't you believe it! Turn that sucker off before something bad happens.
You'll be glad you did.

MN> Regards from the
MN> "Keyboard Cowboy",
MN> Master NetLord
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MN> 07/15/2002
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easy - just use winamp and sasami for video - freeware - no need to
use Win Media Player

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Best regards,
 Денисов                            mailto:denissov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




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