# Winamp Flaw Allows Spyware

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/winamp-flaw-allows-spyware/177950>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [February 6, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/winamp-flaw-allows-spyware/177950 "2006-02-06T18:01:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maizoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Maizoon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maizoon)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/winamp-flaw-allows-spyware/177950/1 "2006-02-06T18:01:49Z")

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[http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,39310016,00.htm](http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,39310016,00.htm)

> After surfing to a malicious Web site on our test machines, the file ‘x.pls’ begins to download," Sunbelt’s Adam Thomas wrote in a posting on the anti-spyware software maker’s corporate blog. “Almost immediately, Winamp starts to execute the play list and remote code execution begins.”