Security bug in Winamp

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Piotr Makley

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 said:
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.
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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/
 
On Wed, 26 May 2004 16:01:35 GMT, in alt.comp.freeware, the personage of Piotr
Makley <[email protected]>, courtesy of Message-id
and wondering whence the said:
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.
Click to expand...

http://www.oldversion.com/
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=winamp

Scoll down a bit :)
 
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.
Click to expand...

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?
 
Jim said:
Uh have you been abducted by aliens? 2.81 is old news.
Go get winamp 5 from
Click to expand...
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.
 
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.
Click to expand...


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/live_streaming_music.html


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[QUOTE="Bloned said:
Uh have you been abducted by aliens? 2.81 is old news.
Go get winamp 5 from
Click to expand...
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.
[/QUOTE]
Winamp 2.62 is presumably even smaller and more perfectly formed ... ?
Does the job here anyway, and works with W95.
 
Piotr said:
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?
Click to expand...

The security hole was in the MP3 input plug-in (in_mp3.dll). If you
replace that with a MP3 plug-in from another Winamp version everything
will be fine. Or you could use an alternative MP3 plug-in:
in_mpg123: http://www3.cypress.ne.jp/otachan/in_mpg123_118ot69.zip
in_mad: http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/mad-plugin/MAD plug-
in%200.14.2b.exe
 
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.
Click to expand...

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.
 
Roger Hunt said:
Winamp 2.62 is presumably even smaller and more perfectly
formed ... ? Does the job here anyway, and works with W95.
Click to expand...


That version also has the security problem.
 
Peter said:
Is it light and fast?
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Yes, if you remove or rename the plug-ins you don't use. Especially the
plug-in for modern skins (gen_ff.dll) is quite a big load. (Winamp Lite
does't have this plug-in.)
Is it hi-fi?
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Yes, as much as most other players.
 
Peter Rossiter said:
That version also has the security problem.
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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)
 
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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Beware of memory leaks :)

I bought the Quad 303/33 goes well with Winamp.
 
(winamp 5)
Is it light and fast?

Is it hi-fi?
Click to expand...

I'm sure that question has been asked about .mp3 a lot
- not its not, but its convenient, compact and it sounds
good. Winamp 5 is nice.
 
Jim Watt said:
I think I bought it 1973, its worked most days since. Good
value for money over time.
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That was about the same time I bought mine.

I keep the 303 inverted to stop electolytic fluid escaping from the
tops of the capacitors.

I think the 33 is a bit old hat but the 303 is sweet.
 
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