Apparently, there are a couple of bugs in the RealPlayer that need to be patched. Funny, I had no idea. This is the first I have heard of it, and like many people, I have yet to patch my system.

RealNetworks has issued four critical patches for several versions of its RealPlayer running on Windows, Linux and Apple’s Mac OS X.

The flaws could allow a hacker to run malicious code on a PC or cause the computer to reveal information, according to an advisory from Secunia, a security vendor based in Denmark.

RealPlayer is an application that plays audio and video streamed over the Internet.

Wow. I just remembered why I haven’t patched my system. Because RealPlayer hasn’t been installed on my system. That’s right. I have never installed Real Player on this computer, and I won’t.

In fact, I haven’t installed RealPlayer on any system in over four years. Why? Because I think their software is a piece of crap, I don’t like everything it installs on my system, and when I did run it, it crashed my system or bogged it down so bad, it wasn’t worth my time.

In fact, I remember the last thing I watched on the RealPlayer. It went something like this.

[buffering][buffering][buffering] blah blah blah [buffering] blah [buffering] blah blah [buffering] blah blah [buffering][buffering] blah blah blah [buffering][buffering][buffering][buffering][buffering][buffering][buffering]…

I used to have it installed on a flash drive, but decided to remove it to make room for something much more important. Sudoku.

Personally, I am waiting for the patch that reduces the amount of crap it installs on my system, and makes it run the way software should. I know, that day may never come.

I can wait.

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