Re: SP2 Upgrade Includes Spyware?

From: E McCann (love.nodotshere.myquadra_at_mad.scientist.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 22:00:32 -0700

Possibly the entries you can disable inside of Media Player - they're under
the "Privacy" tab. IIRC, "Send unique Player ID to content providers,"
something in the cookies setting there as well, and the "Customer Experience
Improvement Program."

Yeah, they're disabled on install here.

"confused" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:127901c4a6a0$6df5a5d0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>I recently downloaded and installed the Windows XP Service
> Pack 2 upgrade. After an anti-spyware scan, I discovered 3
> registry entries associated with the MS Media Player that
> were identified as spyware. At the advice of my anti-
> spyware software I deleted the entries.
>
> I find spyware really troubling and I'd like to know why
> it was installed on my system. 

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