RealPlayer hack warning
If you have the latest version of the RealPlayer software installed on your PC, be careful when opening media files, security experts have warned.
Security experts are warning of a vulnerability in the popular media player software RealPlayer.
The flaw, in the most recent version of the product, RealPlayer 11, could allow hackers to remotely control a PC if successfully exploited.
It was discovered by Evgeny Legerov, of Russian security firm GLEG.
As yet unpatched by Real Networks, the vulnerability "is caused due to an unspecified error and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow," according to an advisory from a separate security company, Secunia.
Secunia also warned surfers not to open untrusted media files or browse unfamiliar websites, rating the vulnerability "highly critical".
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