Winamp Essentials Pack

Winamp Essentials Pack

by Christoph Grether

What is Winamp Essentials Pack?

Winamp Essentials Pack is software application developed by Christoph Grether. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 69.59% of installations running this operating system. Winamp Essentials Pack's installer is typically 747.00 KB in size and installs around 170 files. The most common release is v5.63a with 25.69% of all installations currently using this version.

Winamp Essentials Pack is most popular in the United States with 38% of installations residing in this country.

Winamp Essentials Pack adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Winamp Essentials Pack is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • winamp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe'.
  • winampa.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Winamp\winampa.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • winamp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D786ED1E-95AC-478C-962B-F5157DB48835}' (runs on registration).
  • winampa.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E28CD331-42D5-4B94-9D46-8B1ED46E5C8C}' (runs on registration).
  • UninstWA.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{480FD8D9-14E6-48F4-8345-D7BEBA4E82B3}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • winampa.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 2.
  • winamp.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Winamp.
Registry entries:
  • winamp.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'tr_winamp' and executes as C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe.

Software Details

URL:
Support:
https://forums.winamp.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=8
Installation path:
C:\winamp
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\Winamp\UninstallWinampEssentials.exe
Size:
747.00 KB
Language:
English

Winamp Essentials Pack Executable Details

Primary executable:
winamp.exe
Name:
Winamp Essentials Pack
Path:
C:\winamp\winamp.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Winamp Essentials Pack
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
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DLL
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DLL
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DLL
56908ae807a3675a68c0a70e4e43ca6f
DLL
7561f8d86e3cf39f959472e0955eff1e
DLL
f2015d53ad2721b294483f869fb4fee6
DLL
fc461227b497c72f877c9e4ecdb3d285
DLL
c5c718a0c4da9ae9ac4284ecdfe3ce2c
DLL
02ebfbb023341ed17d5766c46cd140fc
DLL
b77f4787815e58991d77188b0d9e589e