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RealPlayer Zero-Day Flaw Under Attack

Posted by Zonk on from the my-kingdom-for-a-patch dept.

openOption writes "ZDNet is reporting that hackers are actively exploiting a zero-day hole in RealNetworks' RealPlayer media player, a software program installed on tens of millions of Windows computers worldwide. The in-the-wild attacks targets a previously unknown and unpatched ActiveX vulnerability in the way RealPlayer interacts with Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. The flaw is causing drive-by malware downloads when an IE user simply browsers to a maliciously rigged Web page."

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  1. Re:Installed by millions... by Sillygates · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This wouldn't be a problem if companies like Dell(?) didn't preinstall RealPlayer on computers.

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  2. Re:Oh, relax.... by Oktober+Sunset · · Score: 2, Insightful

    All those use of 'program' are incorrect, they should all have been 'programme'.

    You fail at both language and making a point.

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  3. Re:SOFTWARE PROGRAM!!!11111```oneone by lenroc · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Alphanumeric keyboard" and "computer mouse"?

    Looks like someone confused verbosity with redundancy