Is Winamp spyware?

[gracie123]

Hello,

I just downloaded the latest version of Winamp and I chose to not send anonymous statistics to them... however, looking at this website: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=238838 I am undecided if I should keep Winamp or not... can someone offer their advice?

Thanks! :)

Gracie

[WSFuser]

like the dev person said, its not spyware and u can easily disable the offending features.

if u like winamp, then keep it and try not to be too paranoid :)

[gracie123]

Hi :), okay... yeah, I like it for listening to online radio. Curious though, do you see a problem using the Online Services? I really like those features....

Thanks again,

Gracie

[WSFuser]

i dont use winamp and i dont use online services like radio or a music store.

like i said, if u like the feature, u should use it.

[drake456]

-{ Quote: "Hi :), okay... yeah, I like it for listening to online radio. Curious though, do you see a problem using the Online Services? I really like those features....

Thanks again,

Gracie" }-

It should be safe to use, ive had winamp for a long time and i messed with the radio and video services and i never had a problem.

[gracie123]

Thank you very much for replying... I will keep Winamp for now :).

[iceni60]

i'm always careful when i use Winamp because some of its addons have spyware. here are some links for online radio which can be listened to without Winamp.
http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/

http://streams.coolbegin.com/

you can right-click and save this icon ---> http://www.shoutcast.com/images/tunein.gif to your hardrive from the shoutcast link below. then if it's a 24/7 stream you can tune in whenever you like. i think these are the same stations Winamp uses
http://www.shoutcast.com/

http://dir.xiph.org/

http://www.live365.com/index.live

http://www.google.com/Top/Arts/Music/Sound_Files/MP3/Streaming/Stations/

http://punkcast.com/

i like this stream when it plays ambient stuff -
http://www.somafm.com/groovesalad.pls

it's from this site -
http://www.somafm.com/

if you just want a radio player with preinstalled stations these two players are very good fro Windows
http://www.viddiradioplayer.com/
http://www.screamer-radio.com/

these are good if you use Linux - streamtuner streamripper
http://www.nongnu.org/streamtuner/

here's a screenshot of streamtuner
http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9823/ur0507j/gagnef1.jpg

[Carver]

I use winamp. I have been Using it since version 2.80, I don't use any addons. I scan for spyware quite a lot, I haven't found anything in winamp yet. I used to get these tracking cookies from wxx.live365.com they were found by AD-Aware SE, at the time I wasn't using Winamp or any music player.

[PaulBB]

-{ Quote: "i'm always careful when i use Winamp because some of its addons have spyware." }-

Which Winamp addons has spyware ? show me one, people please stop being paranoid, i'm using Winamp since early times and never seen a addon with spyware.

[<DreamCatcher>]

I have been using it for years, with no problems.

have alook @>

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=70393
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=167493

[iceni60]

-{ Quote: "Which Winamp addons has spyware ? show me one, people please stop being paranoid, i'm using Winamp since early times and never seen a addon with spyware." }-
i'm not sure if it has spyware, you'll have try it out and see i don't use winamp.
http://www.fileplanet.com/55935/50000/fileinfo/Valentine-Dancer---WinAmp

[PaulBB]

-{ Quote: "i'm not sure if it has spyware, you'll have try it out and see i don't use winamp.
http://www.fileplanet.com/55935/50000/fileinfo/Valentine-Dancer---WinAmp" }-

It asks me for an account to Fileplanet, anyway com'on people ''Valentine Dancer'' ? We are talking here about real Winamp addons not random crap , if someone want to get in trouble then yes just got stuff like ''Winamp Dancer '' or ''eMule Booster'' with those you can't miss spyware.

[iceni60]

-{ Quote: "It asks me for an account to Fileplanet, anyway com'on people ''Valentine Dancer'' ? We are talking here about real Winamp addons not random crap , if someone want to get in trouble then yes just got stuff like ''Winamp Dancer '' or ''eMule Booster'' with those you can't miss spyware." }-
what more do you want? it's an addon for Winamp ::) here's a link for it from the Winamp site. so like i said -
-{ Quote: "i'm always careful when i use Winamp because some of its addons have spyware." }-
http://web.archive.org/web/20040617181031/http://winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=44849

[PaulBB]

-{ Quote: "what more do you want? it's an addon for Winamp ::) here's a link for it from the Winamp site. so like i said -

http://web.archive.org/web/20040617181031/http://winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=44849" }-


http://winamp.com/plugins/browse.php?search=yes&filter=C&query=Valentine

No Valentine Dancer here , we don't have to go back in time to get spyware.;)

[WSFuser]

-{ Quote: "http://winamp.com/plugins/browse.php?search=yes&filter=C&query=Valentine

No Valentine Dancer here , we don't have to go back in time to get spyware.;)" }-
guess teh plugins section is a bit cleaned up since winamp 2.x. good to know

[dog]

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