Should I remove WinZip?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
11.0 (7347g)	1.20%
11.0 (7347e)	1.52%
11.0 (7313)	41.27%
10.0 BETA (6644)	0.09%
10.0 BETA (6604)	0.09%
10.0 (7245g)	1.25%
10.0 (7245f)	0.74%
10.0 (7245e)	0.32%
10.0 (7245)	8.64%
10.0 (6700f)	0.69%
10.0 (6700e)	0.18%
10.0 (6699g)	2.45%
10.0 (6698)	17.01%
10.0 (6685)	12.85%
10.0 (6667)	11.69%

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• WinZip Courier
• WinZip 19.5
• WinZip Self-Extractor
• WinZipBar Toolbar
• WinZip E-Mail Companion
• WinZipSmartNotifications
• WinZip Disk Tools
• WinZip Express for Outlook
• WinZip Express for Office
• WinZip Update Manager
• Winzip Self Extractor
• WinZip Command Line Support Add-On 2.2
• WinZipCLx64
• WinZip_CmdLine_32
• Winzip Command Line
• File Association Helper

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Remove WinZip

WinZip is a proprietary file archiver and compressor that creates archives in the ZIP file format but also has various levels of support for other archive formats. Features include: Creation of, addition to, and extraction from ZIP archives. Direct write of ZIP archives to CD/DVD. Support for ARC and ARJ archives if suitable external programs are installed. Email ZIP archives. Support of additional compression methods: bzip2 (9.0), PPMd (10.0), WavPack (11.0), LZMA (12.0), JPEG (12.0). Unicode support to ensure international characters are displayed for filenames in a Zip file.

The most common release is 11.0 (7313), with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. When installed, it will add a context menu handler to the Windows shell in order to provide quick access to the program. The primary executable is named WINZIP32.EXE. The setup package generally installs about 29 files and is usually about 12.1 MB (12,691,188 bytes).

URL: www.winzip.com/wzgate.cgi?lang=EN&url=www.winzip.com

Help link: HTTP://www.winzip.com/wzgate.cgi?lang=EN&url=www.winzip.com/xsupport.htm

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\WinZip\

Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WINZIP32.EXE" /uninstall

Estimated size: 12.1 MB

WZQKPICK.EXE
Memory:	3.38 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0014969788%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00085938%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00063760%	0.015104% average

1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
• Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
2. When you find the program WinZip, click it, and then do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
• Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove WinZip.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
3. When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 45% Win 7 0%

HOW IT STARTS Scheduled task? Yes (Runs on Windows boot)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 10% Keep it 90%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	32.02%
India	10.08%
Italy	7.71%
Germany	5.14%
United Kingdom	3.36%
Canada	2.82%
France	2.20%
Spain	1.99%
Netherlands	1.70%
Australia	1.70%
Saudi Arabia	1.70%
Brazil	1.62%
Israel	1.49%
Peru	1.49%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

WinZip is a file archiver and compressor for Windows developed by WinZip Computing.

Publisher URL: www.winzip.com

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