What is WinZip?

WinZip is software application developed by WinZip Computing, S.L.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 46.67% of installations running this operating system. WinZip's installer is typically 89.00 MB in size and installs around 524 files. The most common release is 12.1.8497 with 17.32% of all installations currently using this version.

WinZip is most popular in Germany with 51.28% of installations residing in this country.

WinZip adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, WinZip is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About WinZip?

WinZip is a file archiving and compression software that is known for its proprietary technology. It primarily creates archives in the ZIP file format and also offers support for a variety of other archive formats.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • WZQKPICK.EXE is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • WINZIP32.EXE is scheduled as a task with the class '{AA2393FE-2731-4A18-AE6E-880B70075C07}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • WZQKPICK.EXE is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named WinZip Quick Pick.lnk_FolderCommonAppdata.
  • FAHConsole.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 8.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.winzip.com/wzredir.cgi?gewwzx
Support:
https://www.winzip.com/wzredir.cgi?geswzx
Installation path:
C:\Program Files1\WINZIP\
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files1\WINZIP\WINZIP32.EXE" /uninstall
Size:
89.00 MB
Language:
English

WinZip Executable Details

Primary executable:
WINZIP32.EXE
Name:
WinZip
Path:
C:\Program Files1\WINZIP\WINZIP32.EXE
MD5:
b06d5a9c87f1927a3c594b8db468a52f
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by WinZip
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
ecf446902a16dc5713e85b6df3047f30
EXE
cb036667e603f869a6bcedd8eab17de9
EXE
10186e12c3bfa35719e120b1c8b27f14
EXE
5c5837741934f03fba0694b5f096d81d
EXE
1833a0326398329145137e3d71bd87b8
EXE
febb264a453fbc414d7333a881588822
DLL
add5d19ccc66d31ae328b3131b7ab613
DLL
c837e296b1cac44dfcbd09fc3576b826
DLL
8ef0a6d2f8d62a341612dde90ff9f298
DLL
ac8bc1a55ef58890ce5a96ccd6a0684e