Re: SP2 Upgrade Includes Spyware?

From: PA Bear (PABear_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 02:53:00 -0400

One wonders what "anti-spyware software" OP was using? <eg>

Confidential to E McCann: Your virus definitions cannot possibly certify
your outgoing (or incoming) mail as Virus Free...unless you posted over a
week ago. 

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E McCann wrote:
> 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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