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
EXE
65a5d2b00ef438006eab3b655da6f260
EXE
cb8b7545e2e010492825510155898699
DLL
b554fe0c142351a93c18e16b94a36a8c
DLL
84b69b4517b6ecf1605ae096f0f9fae7
EXE
8c081ed6b29d2602d1116f0d34604a81
EXE
dd1ffbb0fb45133398fed20bb0557962
EXE
60aa46e114dbfd67834930ea11c3eebf
DLL
d075aa9e1eb6a1ffc167946ac1ee140a
EXE
694c5cc027df167a2489107f01fa4fea
EXE
573e416707cb0d2bf49a07390a5ef3b9