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
ae43b0be050260b34cd7ddba8ff7f3f9
DLL
26019294b4ea8e410580de7464ef689d
EXE
1ef6ce504a12b484d889ba12456f0f5a
EXE
3b11e687e4ef565b84e76eae92fa6b81
DLL
27546c21dc896d25ca14af631f6ba8fb
EXE
0049d0cec08d5d7b9e8269a586340b5e
EXE
06b91886c18af4de8a8e1b42bcd6e6de
EXE
ec92c715269490d88ffce20338f9e708
DLL
f20319a03162d3ac68ed3aa34e28d39f
EXE
eab2831fdf0e32e2981811d2609d988a