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Geoff

Using IE7 and recently received the following "pop up":

This website wants to run the following add-on: 'Windows Media Player Core'
from 'Microsoft Corporation'. If you trust the website and the add-on and
want to allow it to run, click here...."

Now, I have Windows Media Player installed, why would I want to run the
add-on?

Is it a legitimate 'add-on' or just another malware program? (I DID NOT run
it!)
 
Geoff said:
Using IE7 and recently received the following "pop up":

This website wants to run the following add-on: 'Windows Media
Player Core' from 'Microsoft Corporation'. If you trust the website
and the add-on and want to allow it to run, click here...."

Now, I have Windows Media Player installed, why would I want to run
the add-on?

Is it a legitimate 'add-on' or just another malware program? (I DID
NOT run it!)
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What specific web site are you speaking of?
(BTW - this is a newsgroup - no web browser necessary to utilize it. If you
are accessing it using a web browser, you could be using any one of possibly
millions of sites - you have to be very specific.)
 
This 'pop up' appeared sometime ago and I copied it with the intention of
finding out about it. Cannot now recall on what website it appeared.

I am accessing these newsgroups via my OE. Not using a web browser.
 
Geoff said:
This 'pop up' appeared sometime ago and I copied it with the
intention of finding out about it. Cannot now recall on what
website it appeared.
I am accessing these newsgroups via my OE. Not using a web browser.
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I put the blurb in about the access of the newsgroups because you stated
"this site" and there was a possibility you meant the Microsoft Newsgroups
via a web page - which could be many different sites.

http://www.wincert.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=1046

That's the best explanation I have found. Sounds like whatever web site it
was was running something old.
 
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