What is Winamp?

Winamp is software application developed by Nullsoft, Inc. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 56.17% of installations running this operating system. Winamp's installer is typically 2.00 MB in size and installs around 377 files.

Winamp is most popular in the United States with 20.68% of installations residing in this country.

Winamp 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 is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Winamp?

Winamp is a proprietary freeware/shareware media player designed for Windows-based PCs. Known for its multi-format support, extensible plug-ins and skins, and graphical sound visualization, Winamp offers a range of features including playlist and media library capabilities. Supported music playback formats include MP3, MIDI, MOD, MPEG-1 audio layers 1 and 2, AAC, M4A, FLAC, WAV, and WMA. Additionally, Winamp was one of the first Windows music players to support Ogg Vorbis playback by default. Upon installation, Winamp scans the user's system for media files to add to its Media Library database. The software also features the Winamp Media Monitor, enabling web-based browsing and bookmarking of music blog websites, automatically offering MP3 files for streaming or downloading. Furthermore, Winamp offers extendable support for portable media players, Mass Storage Compliant devices, Microsoft PlaysForSure and ActiveSync, and syncs unprotected music to the iPod. Note: This information may be outdated as Winamp has gone through various changes and updates.

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).
Elevator.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{9CD4AC4D-8EF4-48EA-8313-E5D7B2EF47BA}' (runs on registration).
winampa.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B8106C22-B46B-4A3F-905F-842935F48D61}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

winampa.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named WinampAgent_Reg_HKLMWow6432Run.

Registry entries:

winamp.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'winamp' and executes as C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.winamp.com

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\Winamp\

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\Winamp\UninstWA.exe"

Size:

2.00 MB

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