Security bug in Winamp

A few months ago I heard there was a security exposure in my Winamp
2.81. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/303934

So I disabled one of the DLLs as instructed by some website. My
MP3s now have *lots* of background noise.

I am told there is a fixed Winamp 2.81 which I can download but I
can't find it on the Winamp site. Can someone tell me where the
fixed download is?

Or is there a different free "high-fidelity" player I should use
instead of Winamp? I don't want anything bloated! And I don't
want anything which has poor quality replay capability. And I
definitely don't want anything with ad-ware.

Piotr Makley

Piotr Makley wrote:
> A few months ago I heard there was a security exposure in my Winamp
> 2.81. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/303934
>
> So I disabled one of the DLLs as instructed by some website. My
> MP3s now have *lots* of background noise.
>
> I am told there is a fixed Winamp 2.81 which I can download but I
> can't find it on the Winamp site. Can someone tell me where the
> fixed download is?
>
> Or is there a different free "high-fidelity" player I should use
> instead of Winamp? I don't want anything bloated! And I don't
> want anything which has poor quality replay capability. And I
> definitely don't want anything with ad-ware.

www.oldversion.com has 2.81, don't know if it's the fixed one. If you want a
low resource player check out Foobar at http://www.foobar2000.org/

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On Wed, 26 May 2004 16:01:35 GMT, Piotr Makley <>
wrote:

>A few months ago I heard there was a security exposure in my Winamp
>2.81. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/303934
>
>So I disabled one of the DLLs as instructed by some website. My
>MP3s now have *lots* of background noise.
>
>I am told there is a fixed Winamp 2.81 which I can download but I
>can't find it on the Winamp site. Can someone tell me where the
>fixed download is?
>
>Or is there a different free "high-fidelity" player I should use
>instead of Winamp? I don't want anything bloated! And I don't
>want anything which has poor quality replay capability. And I
>definitely don't want anything with ad-ware.

Uh have you been abducted by aliens? 2.81 is old news.
Go get winamp 5 from

http://www.winamp.com

Its still free, it still does not have any stinking adware
and Justin has defected from the evil empire of AOL.

However, at present the website seems to be down

http://www.nullsoft.com is a bit cryptic too, could the
lama have eaten the website?
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Jim Watt

Jim Watt wrote:
>> definitely don't want anything with ad-ware.
>
> Uh have you been abducted by aliens? 2.81 is old news.
> Go get winamp 5 from
>
Aliens got nothing to do with the fact that winamp 2.81 is small and does
the job I want it for, I'm sticking with it.

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On Wed, 26 May 2004 16:01:35 GMT, Piotr Makley <>
wrote:

>A few months ago I heard there was a security exposure in my Winamp
>2.81. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/303934
>
>So I disabled one of the DLLs as instructed by some website. My
>MP3s now have *lots* of background noise.
>
>I am told there is a fixed Winamp 2.81 which I can download but I
>can't find it on the Winamp site. Can someone tell me where the
>fixed download is?
>
>Or is there a different free "high-fidelity" player I should use
>instead of Winamp? I don't want anything bloated! And I don't
>want anything which has poor quality replay capability. And I
>definitely don't want anything with ad-ware.


I've replaced Winamp by Quitessantials
and I'm not intending to go back to Winamp after the version 3
debacle... They are ok,... but Quint is better, stable, good-looking
and potent.
http://www.nondisputandum.com/html/l...ing_music.html


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In article <>, Bloned <don'>
writes
>Jim Watt wrote:
>>> definitely don't want anything with ad-ware.
>>
>> Uh have you been abducted by aliens? 2.81 is old news.
>> Go get winamp 5 from
>>
>Aliens got nothing to do with the fact that winamp 2.81 is small and does
>the job I want it for, I'm sticking with it.
>
Winamp 2.62 is presumably even smaller and more perfectly formed ... ?
Does the job here anyway, and works with W95.
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Roger Hunt

On Wed, 26 May 2004 20:53:14 +0200, "Bloned" <don'>
wrote:

>Jim Watt wrote:
>>> definitely don't want anything with ad-ware.
>>
>> Uh have you been abducted by aliens? 2.81 is old news.
>> Go get winamp 5 from
>>
>Aliens got nothing to do with the fact that winamp 2.81 is small and does
>the job I want it for, I'm sticking with it.

OK.

I tried Ultraplayer and also Destiny Media Player
which is good for some net radio stations.

Winamp 5 promises video and seems to have
overcome the V3 dogginess to really whip that
other animal's arse.

Its also compatible with the SDK commands that
controlled Winamp 2.xx from third party applications
like one I wrote.

It really depends what you want to do with it, as
writing a small MP3 player is trivial now the
MS dll's support .mp3

Version 5 takes up around 10mb ,compared to
1.5mb for version 2.5c not exactly bloatware.
looks good to me.
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Jim Watt

Roger Hunt <> wrote:

> In article <>, Bloned
> <don'> writes
>>Jim Watt wrote:
>>>> definitely don't want anything with ad-ware.
>>>
>>> Uh have you been abducted by aliens? 2.81 is old news.
>>> Go get winamp 5 from
>>>
>>Aliens got nothing to do with the fact that winamp 2.81 is
>>small and does the job I want it for, I'm sticking with it.
>>
> Winamp 2.62 is presumably even smaller and more perfectly
> formed ... ? Does the job here anyway, and works with W95.


That version also has the security problem.

Peter Rossiter

Jim Watt <_way> wrote:

>>A few months ago I heard there was a security exposure in my
>>Winamp 2.81. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/303934
>>
>>So I disabled one of the DLLs as instructed by some website.
>>My MP3s now have *lots* of background noise.
>>
>>I am told there is a fixed Winamp 2.81 which I can download
>>but I can't find it on the Winamp site. Can someone tell me
>>where the fixed download is?
>>
>>Or is there a different free "high-fidelity" player I should
>>use instead of Winamp? I don't want anything bloated! And I
>>don't want anything which has poor quality replay capability.
>>And I definitely don't want anything with ad-ware.
>
> Uh have you been abducted by aliens? 2.81 is old news.
> Go get winamp 5 from
>
> http://www.winamp.com
>
> Its still free, it still does not have any stinking adware
> and Justin has defected from the evil empire of AOL.


Is it light and fast?

Is it hi-fi?

Peter Rossiter

In article <94F6BBC5CBC5D471AE@130.133.1.4>, Peter Rossiter
<> writes
>Roger Hunt <> wrote:
>
>> In article <>, Bloned
>> <don'> writes
>>>Jim Watt wrote:
>>>>> definitely don't want anything with ad-ware.
>>>>
>>>> Uh have you been abducted by aliens? 2.81 is old news.
>>>> Go get winamp 5 from
>>>>
>>>Aliens got nothing to do with the fact that winamp 2.81 is
>>>small and does the job I want it for, I'm sticking with it.
>>>
>> Winamp 2.62 is presumably even smaller and more perfectly
>> formed ... ? Does the job here anyway, and works with W95.
>
>That version also has the security problem.

Oh dear .... thanks for the info.
I think I'll transfer all my music to tape and just play it through my
hifi system. (1970s Leak - no security problem there)
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