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Winamp 5 - Misc

Winamp 5.0 Users Should Upgrade to At Least 5.05

SUMMARY: For security reasons, upgrade your version of Winamp 5 to at least 5.05.

If you are using Winamp 5.0, strongly consider upgrading to version 5.05 or whichever is the latest version at the time of reading this tip. Version 5.05 fixes a security vulnerability involving skin files. Skin files written by malicious programmers could execute code that can take over a system, and version 5.05 helped to fix this problem.

Winamp: http://www.winamp.com/

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