Re: Is Netscape 6.2 Safe to Browse with?
From: mike (pataphysician@nospam.swfla.rr.com)Date: 06/01/02
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From: "mike" <pataphysician@nospam.swfla.rr.com> Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 09:57:07 GMT
"Larry W4CSC" <spaminator@knology.net> wrote
> No AOL program is "safe" because of a long history of spyware
> installed in AOL software, which is why no AOL programs are installed
> here. AOL propagates this crap because they just can't help
> themselves from selling any information they can collect on you to the
> spammers.
<snip>
> To be "safe" from AOL's spying, it's best to just uninstall all AOL
> software, like ... WinAmp
<snip>
has there ever been any confirmation that winamp is actually doing any
spying? i've got sygate set to "ask" in regards to winamp, and it only
asks when i'm trying to stream music. otherwise, i get no indication
that winamp is phoning home or anywhere else. i update and run ad-aware
regularly and it never finds anything. is there something in particular
that i should look for/remove/block? i've never seen aol.com in my
trusted sites list.
i'm running winamp 2.78. maybe it's only the new v.3?
sorry to reply to a semi-old post. i'm just playing catch-up.
-mike
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