Winamp.exe
Winamp by Nullsoft Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 5,6,2,3199 |
| MD5: | ad7adadc77482fcb855b279ca0204e2a |
| SHA1: | e9054fc4484e7ce307a86d870af0248bd15938c7 |
| SHA256: | 5246f3cffd0f14f24978b193fa8590a71cd9c476b54da30bd843cfc9097187ab |
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.)
“The Ultimate Media Player for Android just went Pro! The Pro Bundle offers enriched audio, premium features & customization, and is available as an upgradable in-app purchase.”
Overview
winamp.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). It has been configured with a firewall exception which allows both inbound and outbound network communication without being blocked. 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, Win7 Taskbar v1.13 from Magyari Attila and Win7 Taskbar v1.13 by Magyari Attila.
Details
| File name: | winamp.exe |
| Publisher: | Nullsoft, Inc. |
| Product name: | Winamp |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\winamp\winamp.exe |
| File version: | 5,6,2,3199 |
| Product version: | 5.6.2.3199 |
| Size: | 1.52 MB (1,596,032 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Nullsoft Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | America Online Inc. |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, December 19, 2010 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“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 quality: you get a perfect copy of your CD tracks, but with files significantly smaller than WAVs.”
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...
“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...”
Behaviors
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}'
Network connections
Access through an approved Windows firewall exception
[UDP] listens on port 1900
[UDP] listens on port 56436
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.02240445% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00591215% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01649230% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 3,433,871 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 195/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 41.36 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 19.3 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 12.17 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 41.36 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 199.14 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 229.59 MB | |
| Working set: | 13.53 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 56.81 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 23 | |
| Handles: | 572 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 953 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 1017 | |
| GUI USER count: | 340 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 360 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| winamp.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.01161258% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00562779% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00598478% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,614,135/sec | |
| Context switches: | 13/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.61 MB | |
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00104550% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00104550% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 23,552/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00076551% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00076551% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 7,922/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
35.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
23.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
15.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
7.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
4.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
2.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8 |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Developer Preview |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 27.04% of Winamp.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
21.78% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
15.84% |
|
| Dell |
15.84% |
|
| Toshiba |
10.89% |
|
| Acer |
9.41% |
|
| Lenovo |
5.94% |
|
| Sony |
4.95% |
|
| American Megatrends |
4.46% |
|
| Samsung |
3.47% |
|
| Compaq |
2.97% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
2.48% |
|
| Intel |
0.99% |
|
| MSI |
0.99% |
|
