I know I shouldn't have installed it but....

I forgot what an invasive bitch it is, and then I run spybot, and return home after a social lrp frothing evening to find my puter brokedted.
Quite literally nothing would work properly, and it was as slow as hell, just had time to fire off a messenger message to someone containing the name of a prog that seemed to be having problems.
It turns out that it was part of realplayer, and had been installed along with it, and when I'd got rid of the spyware (which it is) it screwed everything up.
So I tried uninstalling real1 and *pop* suddenly everything is fine, I can now actually run my virus scanner, and the online one I use from time to time which just wouldn't update when everything went tits up.
I'm going to go to bed now, a late night of latexing now wrecked by a program even the developers don't even understand!!! apparently
I also found in this thread something about RealAlternative I'm gonna give it a look 2mrw, I'm not even sure why I installed it, I'm thinking there must have been a reason.

Eight Words with Two Meanings

1. THINGY (thing-ee) n.
Female .... Any part under a car's hood.
Male ........ The strap fastener on a woman's bra.

2. VULNERABLE (vul-ne-ra-bel) adj.
Female .... Fully opening up one's self emotionally to another.
Male ........ Playing football without a cup.

3. COMMUNICATION (ko-myoo-ni-kay-shon) n.
Female .... The open sharing of thoughts and feelings with one's partner.
Male. ....... Leaving a note before taking off on a fishing trip with the boys.

4. COMMITMENT (ko-mit-ment) n .
Female .... A desire to get married and raise a family.
Male ........ Trying not to hit on other women while out with this one.

5. ENTERTAINMENT (en-ter-tayn-ment) n.
Female .... A good movie, concert, play or book.
Male ........ Anything that can be done while drinking beer.

6. FLATULENCE (flach-u-lens) n.
Female .... An Embarrassing byproduct of indigestion.
Male ........ A source of entertainment, self-expression, male bonding.

7. MAKING LOVE (may-king luv) n.
Female .... The greatest expression of intimacy a couple can achieve.
Male ........ Call it whatever you want just as long as we do it.

8. REMOTE CONTROL (ri-moht kon-trohl) n.
Female ..... A device for changing from one TV channel to another.
Male. ........ A device for scanning through all 375 channels every 5 minutes

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