WTF? My WINAMP is trying to connect to AOL!

Hamburgerpimp

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I have my firewall up and my Winamp is trying to connect to AOL through port 52 or something like that. It crashes my machine, as well. WTF is going on? When I installed it I specifically checked the box that I do not have an internet connection. I'm uninstalling this sh1t!
 

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Originally posted by: Hamburgerpimp
I have my firewall up and my Winamp is trying to connect to AOL through port 52 or something like that. It crashes my machine, as well. WTF is going on? When I installed it I specifically checked the box that I do not have an internet connection. I'm uninstalling this sh1t!

what version of winamp?
 

aux

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Do you have "Check for new versions of Winamp at startup" checked (in Options -> Preferences) ?
 

Hamburgerpimp

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I thought AOL bought Winamp?

I think they did. I hate these assholes from AOL. You know their headquarters are in Langley, Virginia. Figure that one out.
 

Hamburgerpimp

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Could be time for Ad-Aware.

I use AtGaurd and it catches all these popups. It even catches WinAMP trying to connect to AOL through the file player. The problem is, it crashes my machine shortly after. Did I say I hate AOL?
 

d33pt

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use an older version of winamp..when it was actually written by justin frankel. i still use ver 2.30... it started going downhill after that when the aol machine bought nullsoft out
 

d33pt

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i was gonna email it to you but i guess you don't need it anymore.. 2.23 is actually the version i use... notice how that's before it became bloated?
 

XZeroII

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Originally posted by: jliechty
Originally posted by: Hamburgerpimp
Did I say I hate AOL?
Me too. I still use Winamp because it's better than anything Microsoft has to offer.

haha. AOL is out to screw you. Microsoft is just making software.
 

chiwawa626

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This sounds like one of those "aol killed my computer" problems i always here from people about...lol
 

ProviaFan

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Originally posted by: guapo337
Originally posted by: Adul
Originally posted by: XZeroII
Originally posted by: jliechty
Originally posted by: Hamburgerpimp
Did I say I hate AOL?
Me too. I still use Winamp because it's better than anything Microsoft has to offer.
haha. AOL is out to screw you. Microsoft is just making software.
they are both out to screw you and eachother :p
mmm. multi-billion dollar corporate orgy! yess!
Haha. :D

<-- thinks he'll reboot into Linux and use XMMS. :p
 

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Did you make sure to uncheck the option to allow them to track your habits etc and send it back??? Its right there in the install.