Winamp.exe
Winamp by Nullsoft Inc. (Signed)
Overview
winamp.exe has 27 known versions, the most recent one is 5.7.0.3444. winamp.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 1.84 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Nullsoft Inc. by the certification authority America Online Inc.. The programs Winamp, Winamp Essentials Pack and iTunes have been observed as installing specific variations of winamp.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 67.83 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 4.26 MB per minute for reads and 123.57 KB per minute for writes.
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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 Details
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| File name: | winamp.exe |
| Publisher: | Nullsoft, Inc. |
| Product name: | Winamp |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\winamp\winamp.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Nullsoft Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | America Online Inc. |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, December 19, 2010 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Winamp.)
Apple's iTunes is a proprietary media player computer program, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone and iPad....
“This plug-in allows to play native FLAC files with Winamp. It stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. It is similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in qua...”
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...
Winamp Application Detect is a browser plugin for Internet Explorer and/or Firefox that allows Winamp.com and other participating sites to detect a Winamp installation and version when delivering cont...
Winamp Application Detect is a browser plugin for Internet Explorer and/or Firefox that allows Winamp.com and other participating sites to detect a Winamp installation and version when delivering cont...
“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...”
Winamp plug-ins are files that extend Winamp's functionality. There are currently seven different plug-in types, each of which extends Winamp in a particular way. Winamp plug-ins are implemented as 32...
Winamp Application Detect is a browser plugin for Internet Explorer and/or Firefox that allows Winamp.com and other participating sites to detect a Winamp installation and version when delivering cont...
Winamp Application Detect is a browser plugin for Internet Explorer and/or Firefox that allows Winamp.com and other participating sites to detect a Winamp installation and version when delivering cont...
Winamp Application Detect is a browser plugin for Internet Explorer and/or Firefox that allows Winamp.com and other participating sites to detect a Winamp installation and version when delivering cont...
Winamp Application Detect is a browser plugin for Internet Explorer and/or Firefox that allows Winamp.com and other participating sites to detect a Winamp installation and version when delivering cont...
“Use Winamp media player along with the SHOUTcast DSP plug-in to program and manage your SHOUTcast station in real-time. This plug-in will broadcast whatever is playing in your Winamp playlist in real ...”
Apache OpenOffice (AOO) is an open-source office productivity software suite containing word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, graphics, formula editor, and database management applications. OpenO...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of winamp.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Autoplay handlers
Runs under the registry key 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers'
- Handler name 'WinampPlayMediaOnArrival'
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe'
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'tr_winamp' → C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe
Scheduled tasks
- Entry path '\{FE293530-8B27-4CFD-A0D5-0D7444C5129B}'
- Entry path '\{C687A602-7EED-4AB1-BF31-9451F5071DB0}'
- Entry path '\{BEAD62EE-0D2B-457C-974C-A76E92290227}'
- Entry path '\{8E1E7219-7C36-4249-9BCB-4223CBDEF3AE}'
- Entry path '\{6D792975-5D05-4117-BBEA-BE824DD893E3}'
- Entry path '\{5CEC8391-FEA9-4FB0-8A84-9F8C4C9C0FF8}'
- Entry path '\{54705C6E-DF7E-4B5E-91EE-71449313112D}'
- Entry path '\{359F4512-13C1-44BD-B6E6-1AFAAF600628}'
- Entry path '\{1CB1812A-91D2-41F9-B714-554105118F9A}'
- Entry path '\{11E90AEC-52B0-43B4-8497-EEDC8568584B}'
- Entry path '\{0BAB2831-0CD7-4435-B255-E3667EBAE4EF}'
- Entry path '\{010BFDEB-8FF2-41A9-B857-E30F8C685E0D}'
All file variations of winamp.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
33.78% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
24.32% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
14.53% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
8.78% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
5.41% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
1.69% |
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| Windows 8 |
1.69% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
1.35% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.35% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
1.35% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.01% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
0.68% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.68% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.68% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.68% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
0.68% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
0.34% |
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| Windows Developer Preview |
0.34% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.34% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.34% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 25.00% of Winamp.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
21.15% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
17.62% |
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| Dell |
17.62% |
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| Acer |
10.13% |
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| Toshiba |
9.69% |
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| Lenovo |
5.29% |
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| Sony |
4.41% |
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| American Megatrends |
3.96% |
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| Samsung |
3.08% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.64% |
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| Compaq |
2.64% |
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| Intel |
0.88% |
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| MSI |
0.88% |
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