Screensaver named Random not compatible with Snow Leopard

Hello
When I run my iMac under 10.6.1, it defaults to a tool which lup among intalled screensavers.
So, from time to time it try to display a screensaver entitled Random.
When it did, it displays a black screen and a white sentence: the screensaver named "Random" is not compatible with the operating system, contact the developer.
Fine, it's an Apple product
I moved it on the desktop so I was able to pack it in a zip archive (one never knows), trashed the true file emptied the trash and rebooted.
I was sure that I would be free of the message.
I was wrong, the message continue to appear.
How may I really get rid of this beast ?
Now, I assume that the app is using a list of items.
Where is this list to get rid of it?
There is no "Random" available in the ScreenSaver PrefPane.
Thanks in advance.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 2 octobre 2009 21:54:48

Thanks,
it just changed the error message.
Now it no longer display "Random" but "Aléatoire".
I found a workaround:
I selected "Mélange",
and disabled Plages which I dislike.
Now I no longer get the black screen
One more time I'm bored because I don't know the true explanation
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) dimanche 4 octobre 2009 19:27:42

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