nullsoft winamp spyware query

[6876]

Is winamp player spyware.
I have realplayer alternative but can't get it to work on jungletrain.net.
TIA
Thought for the day: Another dr. who creation that would be f*ck*d on
encountering stairs: K9?

[6876]

"mto" <nobody@dontsendmeanyspam.com> wrote in message
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<snip>
Real alternative from kazaalite is spyware free.
Is winamp spyware???

[mto]

"6876" <x@xworld.com> wrote in message
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>
> "mto" <nobody@dontsendmeanyspam.com> wrote in message
> news:Uc-dnf7KopNoerGiU-KYgg@seg.net...
> <snip>
> Real alternative from kazaalite is spyware free.
> Is winamp spyware???
>

No Realmedia anything is spyware free - even if you pay for it. The
company's entire business model is based on collecting and selling user
data. Has been since the very day they came online. If you think for half
a second that they suddenly got religion because of user concern over
spyware I know a nice bridge down in Brooklyn I'll be happy to sell you.
That data is worth FAR too much $$$$ to give up.

Recently I went looking for an mp3 player myself. Winamp was one of the
ones that I investigated. What I found that others had written disturbed me
enough that I didn't bother with WinAmp. Google up "WinAmp + spyware" and
make your own judgement.

[mto]

"Juergen Nieveler" <juergen.nieveler.nospam@arcor.de> wrote in message
news:Xns93CCB7A6E7B97juergennieveler@nieveler-43544.user.cis.dfn.de...
> "mto" <nobody@dontsendmeanyspam.com> wrote:
>
> > Recently I went looking for an mp3 player myself. Winamp was one of
> > the ones that I investigated. What I found that others had written
> > disturbed me enough that I didn't bother with WinAmp. Google up
> > "WinAmp + spyware" and make your own judgement.
>
> What, pray tell, is so disturbing about "iit sends anonymous usage
> statistics.. but if you disallow that, doesn't attempt to conect to an
> external site."?
>
> The only other reference I've found talks about some of the plugins
> possibly containing spyware - but you can't blame Winamp for that.


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...thin%A0results


Read through a couple of the search results pages and you'll see more than
that. I scanned through about 10 pages of results.

Like this one -

<quote>
After years of using WinAmp, I have now deleted it completely from my
machine. The present version contains bugs, spyware, ads and an alliance
with the ever nefarious AOL. Talk about selling out big time.<end>

SOURCE -http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/08292002a

I've seen lots of "free" programs come down the pike. Once they decide that
the only way to make $$ is to sell userdata that have collected or to serve
up ads or to package their product along with Gator and company, they are
forever more untrustworthy. Once a ***** always a ***** as the saying goes.

I don't want that crap on my machine.

[aaa bbbb]

Does anyone know the last version of winamp that is spyware/adware/gov'tware
free???

Thanks in advance,
John Smith

"mto" <nobody@dontsendmeanyspam.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Juergen Nieveler" <juergen.nieveler.nospam@arcor.de> wrote in message
> news:Xns93CCB7A6E7B97juergennieveler@nieveler-43544.user.cis.dfn.de...
> > "mto" <nobody@dontsendmeanyspam.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Recently I went looking for an mp3 player myself. Winamp was one of
> > > the ones that I investigated. What I found that others had written
> > > disturbed me enough that I didn't bother with WinAmp. Google up
> > > "WinAmp + spyware" and make your own judgement.
> >
> > What, pray tell, is so disturbing about "iit sends anonymous usage
> > statistics.. but if you disallow that, doesn't attempt to conect to an
> > external site."?
> >
> > The only other reference I've found talks about some of the plugins
> > possibly containing spyware - but you can't blame Winamp for that.
>
>
>
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...s&q=spyware&as
_q=WinAmp&btnG=Search%A0within%A0results
>
>
> Read through a couple of the search results pages and you'll see more than
> that. I scanned through about 10 pages of results.
>
> Like this one -
>
> <quote>
> After years of using WinAmp, I have now deleted it completely from my
> machine. The present version contains bugs, spyware, ads and an alliance
> with the ever nefarious AOL. Talk about selling out big time.<end>
>
> SOURCE -http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/08292002a
>
> I've seen lots of "free" programs come down the pike. Once they decide
that
> the only way to make $$ is to sell userdata that have collected or to
serve
> up ads or to package their product along with Gator and company, they are
> forever more untrustworthy. Once a ***** always a ***** as the saying
goes.
>
> I don't want that crap on my machine.
>
>

[mto]

"Juergen Nieveler" <juergen.nieveler.nospam@arcor.de> wrote in message
news:Xns93CCE16D749CAjuergennieveler@nieveler-43544.user.cis.dfn.de...
> "aaa bbbb" <dostrom@lanset.com> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know the last version of winamp that is
> > spyware/adware/gov'tware free???
>
> The one at www.winamp.com, unless somebody can finally come up with
> something better than wild speculation.
>

Do yourself a favor and read through a google search and judge for yourself
before making a decision. Juergen states clearly that he hasn't bothered to
upgrade since WinAmp 2.

[sethra]

"6876" <x@xworld.com> wrote in
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> Is winamp player spyware.
> I have realplayer alternative but can't get it to work on
> jungletrain.net. TIA
> Thought for the day: Another dr. who creation that would be f*ck*d on
> encountering stairs: K9?
>
>

Winamp is not spyware. The only information it sends to anyone is
information *you* let it, and it asks your permission during the
installation process. If you say no, it sends no data, and the winamp
agent is easily disabled if you're paranoid.

Don't take my word for it though. Install a firewall and see if it ever
makes an unrequested connection, or simply tell it you have no internet
connection.

You can also search the online spyware databases, such as:
http://www.spywareguide.com/
http://www.spychecker.com/home.html

Or read previous discussions:
Winamp has also been discussed at length on the grc.com newsgroups,
particularly grc.spyware.

--
~sethra

[technomange]

6876 wrote:
> Is winamp player spyware.
> I have realplayer alternative but can't get it to work on jungletrain.net.
> TIA
> Thought for the day: Another dr. who creation that would be f*ck*d on
> encountering stairs: K9?
>


Google for Freeamp.

technomange

[siljaline]

On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 09:17:13 +0100, "6876" <x@xworld.com> wrote:

>Is winamp player spyware.
>I have realplayer alternative but can't get it to work on jungletrain.net.
>TIA
>Thought for the day: Another dr. who creation that would be f*ck*d on
>encountering stairs: K9?
>
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=winamp

Pick your poison, I run v2.81 - no Net access - regardless of any existing
privacy statement and I never even looked.

HTH


--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

[mto]

"Juergen Nieveler" <juergen.nieveler.nospam@arcor.de> wrote in message
news:Xns93CDACE0E731juergennieveler@nieveler-43544.user.cis.dfn.de...
> "mto" <nobody@dontsendmeanyspam.com> wrote:
>
> > Do yourself a favor and read through a google search and judge for
> > yourself before making a decision. Juergen states clearly that he
> > hasn't bothered to upgrade since WinAmp 2.
>
> I did go through the lust Google gives for "Winamp Spyware", and found
> nothing else than the CLAIM that Winamp3 might contain spyware.

Learn how to Google. "Winamp Spyware" is NOT "WinAmp + spyware" nor
"Spyware + WinAmp" nor "Spyware search within result WinAmp."