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Old 02-28-2006, 04:25 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by AcrossAndi
I would tend to disagree with you.

Winamp IS Spyware. If you look at the detailed logs of your Gateway, then you will see that Winamp sends data from your PC to the Winamp server quite often.

My father noticed this one day when he was looking through the logs and found out what was going on with the internet connection.

And MSN uses a port which make it much easier for hackers to get access to your machine. Ones that work for Microsoft as well.

Regards,
Andrew.
HijackThis isnt spyware, and WinAmp is not spyware. When you read and accept the agreements, you are saying that you allow winamp to send info to their server. Spyware is when that happens without your consent.
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