Not sure if anyone else is coming across this, but tonight I tried to
install the newest Winamp media player (ver 5541), downloaded directly from
their site and AVG kept saying it has a trojan.
It claimed to clean it, then Winamp would not load
I see Winamp now under the control of AOL, so lord knows what bloatware they
included, or what they did to what was a simple yet functional media player
application.
Or is AVG showing a false positive ?
"AMUN" <antispam@spammstop.net> wrote in message
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> Not sure if anyone else is coming across this, but tonight I tried to
> install the newest Winamp media player (ver 5541), downloaded directly
> from their site and AVG kept saying it has a trojan.
> It claimed to clean it, then Winamp would not load
>
> I see Winamp now under the control of AOL, so lord knows what bloatware
> they included, or what they did to what was a simple yet functional media
> player application.
>
> Or is AVG showing a false positive ?
>
Just found this, but so far nothing concrete mentioned whether it is a
winamp or AVG problem.
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hreadid=298064
In article <gc25uv$njf$1@aioe.org>, antispam@spammstop.net says...
<snip>
> I see Winamp now under the control of AOL, so lord knows what bloatware they
> included, or what they did to what was a simple yet functional media player
> application.
>
>
<snip>
June 1, 1999 - AOL purchases Nullsoft. You mean you just got the news?
--
James E. Morrow
Email to: jamesemorrow@email.com
"James Morrow" <jamesemorrow@email.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.234eedd5dd06b3669896f6@extreme.x-privat.org...
> In article <gc25uv$njf$1@aioe.org>, antispam@spammstop.net says...
>
> <snip>
>
>> I see Winamp now under the control of AOL, so lord knows what bloatware
>> they
>> included, or what they did to what was a simple yet functional media
>> player
>> application.
>>
>>
> <snip>
>
> June 1, 1999 - AOL purchases Nullsoft. You mean you just got the news?
>
I must have been out of town that day, and never got the memo
They might have purchased it but I only noticed AOL logos all over their
website when I got this latest upgrade.
And don't remember so many checked options to shut off bloatware with
previous releases.
I just remember what AOL did for web browsers, and wouldn't be to surprised
to see them now totally screwing up Winamp as well.
Turned out the "trojan" was reportedly a false positive that was fixed,
probably within minutes of the time I tried installing.
But does anyone who knows AOL blame me for expecting the worst ?
Decided to just keep the version I had already, and just added in a few
plugins.
Seems the days are vanishing where newer is better.
And sites like "oldversion.com" seem to come in handy
In article <gc3glo$hvj$1@aioe.org>, antispam@spammstop.net says...
<snip>
> I just remember what AOL did for web browsers, and wouldn't be to surprised
> to see them now totally screwing up Winamp as well.
>
>
<snip>
AOL has destroyed more good companies that any other Internet
enterprise. These include Nullsoft, NETSCAPE and CompuServe among
others. Now AOL its self is but a shadow of its former self. Steve Case
should have stayed in the pizza business.
--
James E. Morrow
Email to: jamesemorrow@email.com
"AMUN" <antispam@spammstop.net> wrote in message
news:gc25uv$njf$1@aioe.org...
> Not sure if anyone else is coming across this, but tonight I tried to
> install the newest Winamp media player (ver 5541), downloaded directly
> from their site and AVG kept saying it has a trojan.
> It claimed to clean it, then Winamp would not load
>
> I see Winamp now under the control of AOL, so lord knows what bloatware
> they included, or what they did to what was a simple yet functional media
> player application.
>
> Or is AVG showing a false positive ?
>
Just found this, but so far nothing concrete mentioned whether it is a
winamp or AVG problem.
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hreadid=298064
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