| All comments about winampa.exe: |
 Julián | this is a normal file for me |
 Kev | This is a Winamp Agent to help associate the file type to play with Winamp |
| Ben | It is an agent which Winamp uses to ensure that Winamp is the default player for the file types that you have specified. |
 Melissa | I do not have winamp and have never downloaded or had winamp on my machine |
| Michael | located in c:\program files\winamp\ |
| Jaymon | Is used with Winamp just fine, no problemos |
 mmm | I think it can be dangerous, it came from .scr virus (.wmv icon, I accidentaly clicked) to system32 (company: "zonealarm") 30,4 kt |
| | Definately a trojan I do not have winamp and have never downloaded or had winamp on my machine...however my antivirus is not detecting it, and it is up to date.... |
| Stuart | Part of winamp. Not dangerous, but also not needed, just another icon down in the system tray. I just quarantined it, didn't affect winamp. See also: Link |
| QuietK | Winampa.exe stands for winamp agent it is like a short cut to the resal program you guys are noobs |
| dwansley | This showed up in my system32 folder and is a trojan that I'm having a difficult time erasing |
| xI | It's part of winamp. Nothing more, nothing less. See also: Link |
| you are stupid mmm and melissa is stupid too | it is winamp agent service, not dangerous |
| TB | Harmless ! |
| App | not needed to run winamp - tries to keep file associations |
| SteveL | Task Manager listed "winampa.exe" running as a process. However, I don't have Winamp Agent nor does any such file exist on my PC. I ended the process. |
| Deek | Associated with Winamp. If you are not sure yourself, then check your program files, you'll find it in your Winamp folders. Duh' If you are still not sure, then uninstall & reinstall Winamp, watch for changes. |
| Goofy | It a winamp agent service are a quick start for Winamp |
| Tof | Can be removed in winamp options |
| MK | it could be an agent file, but I detected a process running on my computer (a virus) and when I opened it in textpad, it pointed to this file, which was NOT in a program files folder. I've also never had winamp. A virus can be named anything, so don't assume a file isn't soley based on name... |
| Reas | It seems to come together with a file called bla.exe, it's seems to be download due to a bug in winamp 3 to 5. Much more than harmless, winamp users should upgrade. |
| DB | This is a trojan app. If this is running, especially if you do NOT have winamp installed, watch out! |
| | A worm called Agobot sometimes disguises itself as winampa.exe |
| Shallimus | It *could* be a Trojan. So both those who insist it is and those who insist it isn't are wrong. Always check properties, location and just plain common sense to see if it really the Winamp agent or a trojan. |
| Blau | winampa.exe is a program to start quickly the winamp player. it resides in the system tray and have no user interface. only this! |
| Emilio | it´s a winamp agent... |
| barbara | my computer was running while i slept and i woke to an announcement from Symantec that it had been found during a realtime scan. WTF? |
| bpatterson | Certainly part of winamp on my machine. Bear in mind that winamp is often bundled with other software, particularly older browsers etc |
| butane216 | This file is linked by another application on my pc (C:\bla.exe) which I did NOT install, Norton scanned the file and claimed its harmless....but even "legit" programs can be and are not always for "legit" use |
| Charles | This CAN be a TROJAN VIRUS!!! 30KB size in C:/windows/system32 file arrange by size to find it hover mouse and it will say winampa.exe but it will be a video type icon.... took me forever to find this bugger! |
| Serge | As long as it's in the Winamp install directory, it's a harmless BUT useless program wasting cpu and ram, only slowing down your computer. Supposedly it keeps file associations with Winamp, but you shouldn't have any problem with losing them, when you install other media players they ask what files to be default app. for. But this might as well be some kind of spyware/malware/virus if it's in the wrong directory! |
 SHerold | If Winamp is installed it could cause instabilities in Internet Explorer and Netscape. |
| menni | its more than harmless |
| | Normal file. No problem! |
| frank mulligan | "winamp.exe" is an IRC backdoor Trojan and network worm. |
| | It can be either real or a trojan - read these! http://secunia.com/virus_information/13623/win32.reckmess.a See also: Link |
| syntaxerrormmm | IMHO, also if you have Winamp it's a waste of memory, so just remove it from Winamp config and don't let it occupy any slot in Task Manager window. |
| Zero | The Winamp Agent, harmless and usefull. Be watch out, those who don't have winamp installed or ever had installed, this might be the trojan. Just check the location and decide wether its the trojan or not. |
| | Installed with Winamp. Its the Winamp Agent. Used for the Tray Icon. Don´t know, why its running, even if winamp is not running, but Winamp still works, when you shut "Winampa.exe" down...so I deleted it in the registry |
| DemonMoon | About bla.exe ... SUDDENLY --- after residing on my PC for weeks, Symantic called it a Trojan and quaranteed it. I trust their judgement. |
| cannamantoke | This file installs itself after winamp is installed. Winamp does not require it to run. I say get rid of it as soon as possible. |
| Oli | it came up after I installed a strange mirc version... |
| shauna | This is the file for Winamp. If do not use the 'Winamp', you can erase it. |
| illicit | its only winamp! if u dont have winamp. then your in trouble See also: Link |
| Lore | If it remains also uninstalling winamp (or if Winamp is not installed), it is a trojan. |
| thefamousnomo | noticed it in my c:\ dont have, never have had winamp on this machine. the statup key in the regisrty was named j01.4 or something similar. suspect... |
| Kev | Found this in windows/system32 folder - dodgy file as far as I'm concerned as winampa.exe is also in the winamp folder! AND it was running when I didn't have winamp open. |
| Dyrekt | Winamp Agent - *Harmless* - Also Not Needed But Deleting Can Cause A Small Glitch In Older Winamp Versions - However There Is A Virus With The Exact Name So Make Sure It's In Winamp Folder Not Windows |
| Tammy | Usually safe if run from \program files\winamp directory. If running from anywhere else....check it out!. Winamp often is bundled with other software installs. If not sure...scan file here: http://virusscan.jotti.org/ having bla.exe and winampa indicate probable infection if winampa.exe is in system32(XP/2K) or System(98/ME) |
| Y.Praveen Kumar | it a file that initiates a virus. i was getting Hackers:Rootkit virus, which i was unable to remove using Nortons antivirus. But when i removed "winampa.exe" from processes of Task manager, That wirus did not po up again. |
| compwiz | Never had any issues with it, but keep in mind that, if you do not have winamp installed, it could be virus hiding under that file name. |
| | It's distributed with bla.exe and winamp.exe in folder C:\ It's part of a trojan virus. DELETE ON SIGHT. |
| Arachnid | ur instalin every shit software offers. only lamers do full install |
| Juke | trojan.win32mVB.wh.... |
| tonio s. of Technoguyz | if you have winamp installed you shuld be fine as long, however a virus with the same name is out there. To check, open up your process windows and check to see if there is a winamp.exe running. Kill it, now open your registry, and navigate to HKLM\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run and see if it is starting up by itself. A good way to tell, before doing all of this, and to see if it's resident in c:\winnt\system32\ . Virus programs won't catch it, for some strange reason. blah! See also: Link |
| mrhyms | Just did a clean install of XP, NOT installed winamp. Connected to try and get service pack 2 firewall and a coupla nasties piggy backed in, now ZoneAlarm reports winamp.exe trying to access the internet. |
| codeharrier | Does not start winamp faster. Only maintains file associations, but do you really need that done 24/7? Reminds you to run Winamp and heel to your audio masters. |
| Tee | Safe usually, only dangerous if injected by another file or a file is distributed with this name maliciously. |
| name | winamp agent can be shutted of from winamp options |
| H | Appears in system32 on a server2000 machine. |
| Nag | winamp agent, not needed |
| kaneo | *Winamp agent* |
| AntonDaHooD | I just hacked it out like I do the chop to pretty much everything I have. funny how the files are at least 50% smaller and usually hellava lot more stable!!!! |
| Joshua Kowalsky | Its trojan! I've got this file without install winamp :) |
| Graeme Falkner | For those who think it is not dangerous, you may be right, you may not. The Reckmess.A trojan, if it is running on your machine, will be running as a process called Winampa.exe! See also: Link |
| Pablo | Related to winamp, but will not shutdown with it, and keep the port open. Beware |
| jose manuel | es buen reproductor |
| Reg 126 | Installed itself alongside with al lot of other malware...such as msbb.exe and view.exe and ad.exe and several others. Date and times of it installing all point to deffo trojan/spyware on my comp. was 50kb in size and intalled directly under C. Never had winamp.exe on my comp. |
| Kain Xiorcal | If you have winamp installed (I got this by installing good ol 2.91, which is clearly superior to the ever-crashing last verion), and want to stop this from starting when your comp boots: turn on winamp press Ctrl + P to open Preferences under [Setup], click [File types] uncheck [Register types on Winamp start] Click the [Agent] category uncheck [Maintain file associations]. Now, if you'll ever need to fix the file association by installing something notorious to screw file type association (like Quicktime), double click winampa.exe from the winamp directory. If it's elsewhere getrid |
| early_misty | all that this agent does is slowing down the computer, like osa.exe from m.office. i never install it |
| Xavier | Noobs... nothing wrong with these programs. Always download from winamp.com. I feel like slapping some of you IDIOTS. |
| | Winamp agent |
| dave from spain | It's from nullsoft, it's safe |
| | Found the Winampa.exe in my taskmanager, a qiuck search found the winampa.exe in an windows xp upgrade, so even if you do not have winamp installed, it will maybe come with an xp upgrade. |
| Skamander | It's the Winamp agent ro quick start of Winamp. Can be disabled in Winamp options. |
| Eric | This file is normally associated with Winamp. It acts as a fast-start service, and it maintains file associations. If you have Winamp, and only one copy running, you should be fine. To disable it, load WinAmp, go to OPTIONS menu, PREFERENCES, select "File Types" under General Preferences in the left pane. Then, in the right pane, un-check "Enable Winamp Agent," and click close. If the program doesn't disappear, then end task on it. It should not show up in the future. |
| funkyfantabulous | This is a useless file that intalls with winamp. msconfig, then uncheck and you'll be fine. |
| taxi | this file may have been the culprit causing my desktop to redraw every 10 mins....ended process,,,,,stopped in selective start up...all is fine now |
| Denehey | I have wiped my whole comp and its there and it was detected as a trojan. Having a real hard time getting rid of it |
| Mediarocker - IT Administrator | This file is "Winamp Agent" It is not a virus (unless you have not installed winamp) this file is essental to winamp running. it may also run when winamp isnt running, allowing it to keep its file type management. this is NOT A VIRUS. do not attempt to remove it because it will cripple winamp. |
| | Winamp on tray. not needed on my conputer. |
| Chris | It's simple, if you have Winmp, disable the agent through the settings. If it fixes it, YAY!!! If it doesn't, you have the trojan. But the agent is harmless and easily disabled. |
| Robert | hahaha i run winamp as my main player :) . it speeds it up. if u run winamp all the time keep it in ur taskbar. its worth it |
| C. Rogge | Maintains Winamp file associations. Can be switched of in Winamp - Preferences - File Types - Winamp Agent... |
| | winamp agent option and move this |
| Marina | Nicht gefährlich. Lediglich unnötig speicherfressend ... -.-' See also: Link |
| Dr. Funky Monkey | Its part of the Winamp agent and allows the winamp agent to start up normally. IFF however you disable winamp agent then this program is just using up your memory (although barely anything when you think about it). If you delete it however you will be unable to run winamp agent in the future but i guess you could just reinstall winamp. |
| Matthewbratt | Winampa.exe is the agent for winamp that lives in the system tray. I think harmless. |
| PVTele | Allows Winamp to retain file associations; unnecessary, as Winamp can be set to re associate on app start. Allows access to bookmarks from tray icon when app closed. Normal part of Winamp - right click and choose 'disable' and it's gone if you don't use it. Takes about 2,500K of memory when running. Appears to slightly slow Winamp start? See also: Link |
| Jaap | Is part of WinAmp |
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