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
ce08bf36e35a0763a44c93d212b38895
DLL
2ff63bd2a6d6c2204d5040c2c0981306
DLL
5f3a571f930d19640c09c003e1a5a2d2
EXE
139e4a6f5c3ccaaf380ec0cf38a8cf9f
DLL
4f26c27be21b350f5cd184f97fea72b3
DLL
c26f3f922322dfde2f9130cde4ec6453
DLL
5e832c6e6c7341bdc90d27cb5442b90b
DLL
310986de26adb55a9e47fd8b9649b275
DLL
241aa6e13395d6a1ec00ca6d6e1524a2
DLL
740487f9f320504e99a9a2bab1c2d7b8