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MP3 Trimmer

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Version: 2.9.3

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Beware! This version "phones home" to get a list of names!

Feedback Type: Commentary

Contributed by: thecloud Sunday, October 31 2004 @ 01:51 PM PST

Product Platform: MacOS,MacOSX

Used Product For: Less than a month

I noticed some unusual network activity with v2.1. Turns out that it tries to contact a server on launch to get this file: "http://d1o257.telia.com/~u60606689/trimver_check.htm". If you load that page in a web browser and view the page source, you'll see it contains the following:

CV:2.1
DT:2004-10-28
TX:/NOP[CR]
INPHER[CR]
NOWHEREMAN[CR]
CENDRYOM[CR]
MOONDARK[CR]
HACKUSER[CR]
ANONYMOUS[CR]
ATLANTIS[CR]
MACINTOSH[CR]
PABLO[CR]
PYRUS MALUS[CR]
SBOX[CR]
MACSERIALJUNKIE[CR]
MASTERMIND[CR]
EOD //

WTF is this?! Someone has some 'splainin to do here, as this looks really suspicious.