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
62700b0b65f9c2511fcc2d4a5d7e2131
DLL
51233d4d7da19e8ad4e9413aceb41e95
DLL
19766e4782fde82841c607fa441b3bbe
DLL
385ae931f56ddfe72398aae7be56b1aa
DLL
4dddf63b6dcd2507b3ea2fbcec89483f
DLL
c208fc9d6c936e38b85d196c6b74fd4e
DLL
6752cd2dd4348418da67fc6129503a9c
DLL
6de00c7e07e042b06f3a9569715c59b2
EXE
40d465233a9aeb717eede71d07f65c09
DLL
1f1af0c61d13df1e8336c8cd65580fba