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VersionsAdditional versions

5,5,6,2512 52.63%
5,5,5,2460 5.26%
5,5,5,2435 5.26%
5,5,4,2165 5.26%
5,5,3,1938 5.26%
5,5,2,1800 15.79%
5,3,4,1278 5.26%
5,2,3,672 5.26%

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Winamp.exe

Winamp by Nullsoft Inc. (Signed)

Remove Winamp.exe
Version:   5,5,2,1800
MD5:   c3c9c7e803c22f09379d145f4076b1e8
SHA1:   325783f39761f177a1c9aa6edebd4bbd78470cbd
SHA256:   36bf0e8b461f0d0bd4d73ae54ec4f65167d00bdd1efb87a2108671ffb1e87de4

What is Winamp.exe?

Winamp is a media player for Windows-based PCs and Android devices, written by Nullsoft, now a subsidiary of AOL. It is proprietary freeware/shareware, multi-format, extensible with plug-ins and skins, and is noted for its graphical sound visualization, playlist, and media library features.

About Winamp.exe (from Nullsoft Inc.)

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Overview

winamp.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It configures an autoplay handler withing explorer.exe named WinampPlayMediaOnArrival that will launch the program automatically. It is installed with a couple of know programs including Winamp published by Nullsoft, Inc and Winamp AudioPlayer published by Nullsoft, Inc. The file is digitally signed by Nullsoft Inc. which was issued by the America Online Inc. certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:winamp.exe
Publisher:Nullsoft
Product name:Winamp
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\winamp\winamp.exe
File version:5,5,2,1800
Product version:5.5.2.1800
Size:1.27 MB (1,327,616 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Nullsoft Inc.
Authority (CA):America Online Inc.
Expiration date:Sunday, December 19, 2010
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Nullsoft, Inc
9% remove
Winamp is a media player for Windows-based PCs and Android devices, written by Nullsoft, now a subsidiary of AOL. It is proprietary freeware/shareware, multi-format, extensible with plug-ins and skins, and is noted for its graphical sound visualization, playlist, and media library features. Winamp supports music playback using MP3, MIDI, MOD, MPEG-1 audio layers 1 and 2, AAC, M4A, FLAC, WAV and WMA. Winamp was one of the first common mu...
Nullsoft, Inc
12% remove
Winamp is a free multimedia player made by Nullsoft. It supports numerous audio and video formats. It also plays streamed video and audio content, both live and recorded, authored worldwide. It has an extremely customizable media library, and allows you to rip and burn your favorite music CDs. Winamp has thousands of skins and plug-ins that allow you to change the look-and-feel of the player, as well as add new features. The player also...

BehaviorsBehaviors

Autoplay handler
Runs under the registry key 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers'
  • Handler name 'WinampPlayMediaOnArrival'

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00006886%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00001342%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00005545%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:957,156 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:42/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:32.95 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):24.03 MB
Private (minimum):5.46 MB
Non-paged memory:32.95 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:110.7 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):114.84 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:23.97 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):33.93 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:172,014/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:5.76 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:23 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:3.57 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:32/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:14
12
Handles:258
600
GUI GDI count:845
103
GUI USER count:245
49

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Undefined
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\winamp\winamp.exe" /add "C:\emule_files\cheap trick - tonight it's you.mp3"
Owner:User

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
winamp.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.11092872%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.02931673%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.08161199%
0.165382%
Context switches:14/sec
79/sec
Memory:1.35 MB
1.16 MB
MSWMDM.dll
Total CPU:0.00005928%
Kernel CPU:0.00005038%
User CPU:0.00000889%
Memory:328 KB
pmp_p4s.dll
Total CPU:0.00000692%
Kernel CPU:0.00000099%
User CPU:0.00000593%
Memory:124 KB
ml_wire.dll
Total CPU:0.00000692%
Kernel CPU:0.00000099%
User CPU:0.00000593%
Memory:200 KB
in_wm.dll
Total CPU:0.00000593%
Kernel CPU:0.00000296%
User CPU:0.00000296%
Memory:324 KB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 50.00%
Microsoft Windows XP 50.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

RS installs about 33.33% of Winamp.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 66.67%
GIGABYTE 33.33%
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