84,488,480 programs installed

Should I remove Free Zip Helper?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
68% remove it32% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Poor
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #40,528
Reach 0.0024%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 19.17 days
565.54 days >
Average installed length: 297.15 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0 100.00%

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Free Zip Helper

What is Free Zip Helper?  (from Free Zip)

Support more than 50 compression and encoding formats 001, 7Z, ACE, ARC, ARJ, BH, BZIP2, BZ2, CAB, CHM, CHW, CPIO, DEB, DMG, DOC, ENC, EXE, GZ, GZIP, HFS, HXS, ISO, JAR, LHA, LZH, LZMA, MSI, PPT, RAR, RPM, TAR, TBZ, TGZ, TXZ, UU, UUE, WAR, WinRAR, WIM, XAR, XXE, XZ, XLS, Z, ZIP, ZIPX and ZOO.

Overview

Free Zip Helper is a software program developed by Free Zip. The primary executable is named freeziphelper.exe. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 17 files and is usually about 3.73 MB (3,906,460 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of those who have this installed, most are running it on Windows 10. While about 38% of users of Free Zip Helper come from the United States, it is also popular in Brazil and Germany.
  • The wisdom of the experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: Free Zip Helper
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\free zip helper
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Free Zip Helper\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 3.73 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Free Zip Helper

Program executable:freeziphelper.exe
Name:FreeZipOpener
Path:C:\Program Files\free zip helper\freeziphelper.exe
MD5:f3612da0f74d3676fe341cb25e7004e3
Additional files:
  • GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Extras.WPF4.dll (by GalaSoft Laurent Bugnion @ http://www.galasoft.ch) - GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Extras
  • FreeZipHelper.Console.exe - FreeZipViewer.Console
  • FreeZipViewer.Core.dll - FreeZipViewer.Core
  • GalaSoft.MvvmLight.WPF4.dll (by GalaSoft Laurent Bugnion @ http://www.galasoft.ch) - GalaSoft.MvvmLight
  • uninstall.exe
  • Microsoft.Windows.Shell.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft.Windows.Shell
  • 7z.dll (by Igor Pavlov) - 7-Zip (7z Standalone Plugin)
  • 7z64.dll (by Igor Pavlov)
  • Advertisement.dll - Advertisement
  • HtmlAgilityPack.dll (by Simon Mourier) - Html Agility Pack (Html Agility Pack - Release)
  • Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation
  • SevenZipSharp.dll (by Markovtsev Vadim) - SevenZipSharp
  • sysinst.exe
  • System.Windows.Interactivity.dll - System.Windows.Interactivity
  • WPFLocalizeExtension.dll (by Root-Project) - WPFLocalizeExtension
  • XAMLMarkupExtensions.dll - XAMLMarkupExtensions

How do I remove Free Zip Helper?

You can uninstall Free Zip Helper from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  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 Free Zip Helper, 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 Free Zip Helper.
  4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.

USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 68%
Keep it 32%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#40,528
 
MOST USED OS
~99%
Windows 10

Distribution by countryGeography

38.46% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 38.46%
  Brazil 13.46%
  Germany 7.69%
  Taiwan 3.85%
  Russia 3.85%
  Spain 3.85%
  Italy 3.85%
  United Kingdom 3.85%
  Finland 1.92%
  Sweden 1.92%
  Austria 1.92%
  ET 1.92%
  Romania 1.92%
  Netherlands 1.92%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 25.64%
Dell 17.95%
Hewlett-Packard 15.38%
ASUS 12.82%
Samsung 7.69%
Toshiba 5.13%
Medion 5.13%
Lenovo 5.13%
Intel 2.56%
American Megatrends 2.56%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.65%
Samsung 700T1C 4.65%
Acer Aspire V3-771 4.65%
ZOOSTORM 7910-4316A 2.33%
TOSHIBA Satellite L55-A 2.33%
TOSHIBA SATELLITE C850D-1... 2.33%

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