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
2e63d1b5d8d295a9f14c5733187b9a75
EXE
21fa056b7fc8d06ee49cd9c666eef65e
DLL
47ecace33fe9e5e21236a7795e17880a
DLL
db276c2a9cffb222855832af25e94994
DLL
cf3df6df0a7969ee54e586b607076f55
DLL
3288f33be7634c85c251b01d2bab9ea8
DLL
ae273eadbbec3e531854cea45c4d2f4e
DLL
9306c7873fb88df77d09e847c5ac9d3d
EXE
dacfb9024b69cac51dc7a97a1a022b12
DLL
d1b958b92c43898c6ac86fa30fd8d017