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
42461f3825102bbf0e577a4d9ff937f2
DLL
cf68ea5ad4dc571ee48ceba650d6c10c
DLL
a5d54b4d74ad3a3bc51d9dbf1e74cc98
EXE
37f12e0efc237f2b54815d7c46271d6d
DLL
98a8ced251fb19a6d263d166e68d94ec
DLL
adcded94a896c6f83c9e86379b09be13
EXE
e5df253d6dbe295f4733071d5b2d007c
EXE
b9e935820448eea441d8ef9a33891eb7
EXE
06e0a8e9e501e5807dc24d5ef22b5a1e
EXE
10b877ec06b51b1a934289381a0e038a