Winamp.exe, found located in Services?

malibupetey · 23rd May 2006, 19:00

I was surprised to notice v5.21 Winamp lite acting as a child to the same svchost.exe as is both the DCOM Service Launcher and Terminal Services Service.

I use Process Explorer (Sysinternals.com) and watched as I shut down Winamp, and when I restarted it, Winamp returned as an Explorer process, as it always has in the past, or at least as far as I noticed, which is pretty frequently.

Is this something new, Winamp as a Service? I have never noticed this in the years of using Winamp. Where can I find out more about this?

drewbar · 23rd May 2006, 19:13

Cant reproduce here. Winamp does not alunch as a service. So, either you system is doing something stupid, or you might want to run a virus scanner. I know in the past there were a few that pretended to be Winamp.

malibupetey · 23rd May 2006, 20:27

Let me clarify, Winamp (the real Winamp, not an imposter) was paused. I had just exited an OpenGL game (had paused Winamp so as to hear the game audio). Process explorer (and firefox) was running already (2G of RAM, no need to shut much down).

I saw Winamp threaded to the same svchost.exe as the two above mentioned services. I unpaused winamp, and it ran my mp3's fine as it always has. I then exited WA normally, restarted from the quick launch shortcut as always, and it appears as a normal application. AVG runs daily, and nothing has been reported, the system appears otherwise in perfect order, as always.

I understand that something can masquerade as Winamp, but I don't think this is the case. I think it has something to do with this new version. Only happened once, that I saw. <shrug>

CraigF · 24th May 2006, 10:39

Strange. I have seen winamp.exe run as a child of winampa.exe (when launched by the agent), but never seen it occur as a service. winampa.exe itself doesnt run as a service, so i have no idea.

23rd May 2006, 19:00	#1
malibupetey Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2	Winamp.exe, found located in Services? I was surprised to notice v5.21 Winamp lite acting as a child to the same svchost.exe as is both the DCOM Service Launcher and Terminal Services Service. I use Process Explorer (Sysinternals.com) and watched as I shut down Winamp, and when I restarted it, Winamp returned as an Explorer process, as it always has in the past, or at least as far as I noticed, which is pretty frequently. Is this something new, Winamp as a Service? I have never noticed this in the years of using Winamp. Where can I find out more about this?

23rd May 2006, 19:13	#2
drewbar Sawg 2.0 Major Dude Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,916	Cant reproduce here. Winamp does not alunch as a service. So, either you system is doing something stupid, or you might want to run a virus scanner. I know in the past there were a few that pretended to be Winamp. Count with us! Jan 1st, 12AM (PST, GMT -8) 2010 - 282,246

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23rd May 2006, 20:27	#3
malibupetey Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2	Let me clarify, Winamp (the real Winamp, not an imposter) was paused. I had just exited an OpenGL game (had paused Winamp so as to hear the game audio). Process explorer (and firefox) was running already (2G of RAM, no need to shut much down). I saw Winamp threaded to the same svchost.exe as the two above mentioned services. I unpaused winamp, and it ran my mp3's fine as it always has. I then exited WA normally, restarted from the quick launch shortcut as always, and it appears as a normal application. AVG runs daily, and nothing has been reported, the system appears otherwise in perfect order, as always. I understand that something can masquerade as Winamp, but I don't think this is the case. I think it has something to do with this new version. Only happened once, that I saw. <shrug>

24th May 2006, 10:39	#4
CraigF Passionately Apathetic Administrator Join Date: May 2000 Location: Hell Posts: 5,435	Strange. I have seen winamp.exe run as a child of winampa.exe (when launched by the agent), but never seen it occur as a service. winampa.exe itself doesnt run as a service, so i have no idea.