SUPER v2011 Build 48 Contains a Trojan !!!

[Djard]

Folks may do well to exclude Real Media Player option if installing the otherwise handy freeware SUPER v 2011 Build 48" from the publisher's site (eRightSoft.com). The RM extra installs a trojan type program in the autostart section of Windows' registry without your permission, causing the app to start each time Windows is booted. The registry key is located as follows:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run

Value Name is TkBellExe

Value Data: "C:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\Update\realsched.exe" -osboot

[DB83]

AFAIK realsched, when installed with Real Player, is harmlesss. I have it running in my system and no issues whatsoever.

On the other hand, if you have more than one instance of realsched running - check your Task Manager - then you are quite likely to have a real Trojan installed and running.

On this system, realsched uses 0 cpu and 244k of memory.

[Bonie81]

long ago i was a big-fan of super....but for the same reason as yours i dropped it out-of my choices.
MediaCoder is almost same as SUPER.

Try XMedia Recode (which is one the best and FREE too!) instead which gives you more flexibility.

[DB83]

Super may not be as good as it once was but realsched, in this scenario, is NOT a trojan.

You probably have several such programs running in your system. Annoying ? maybe. Harmless ? Yes.

[Djard]

According to my hacker defense suite, ProtectX, the entry is identified as a "trojan." But even if it does not harm my system, the idea is offensive; besides, for SUPER to add the thing suggests it must do something... spyware?

For video conversion I use ConvertX, which is a truly a wonderfully super app; unfortunately it does not offer control over bitrate, etc. So Im thankful for the referral to XMediaCode.

[Baldrick]

Freemake video converter is another very easy to use all-in-one converter. Does not support as many format as super though.

[Djard]

XMedia Recode has some nice features. Too bad it does not create IFO files when converting to DVD. I know video gurus tout apps like IFOEdit as capable of creating IFOs, but none of those wizards can communicate how it's done: I followed the steps of several IFOEdit "guides," but the IFOs never worked. If someone has personally created an IFO that does run a VOB, I'm hoping you'll share this apparently closely guarded secret.