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
a3a25c933ccc1d5f49f60d5d385d5399
DLL
3741506619e83e77644eb6f2414deb46
DLL
5ac0c8beeae058b015dd637cd1e645ee
DLL
d0e82336e9fa4bcc340abd3d2a0cdc6c
DLL
a93e316efd08bab0c4e205b87ed1fe28
DLL
5f44f529e880666bdf1c1425f86223b5
EXE
f1f89323bf21d99a659b1bfc94e6a89e
EXE
b7027939f69521a20059c21a18934109
EXE
f7a195add98f1a5f5e87874d526b3f9e
EXE
61f1d7ddc7ed4dba1e303eace86589ff