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
news:f9ednRyX5-bDorCiXTWJkA@seg.net...
>
> "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.
>
>