Should I remove WinZip?

Versions

Version	Distribution
11.3.8261	44.48%
11.2.8094	55.52%

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from WinZip Computing, S.L.

Remove WinZip 11.2

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. WinZip 12.0 (2008) added support of creating ZIP archives with lossless JPEG and LZMA compression methods; .ISO, .IMG, 7-Zip archive extractions. Added encryption policies, integrated image thumbnail viewer. The JPEG compression compresses metadata with LZMA compression, while image is compressed with binary arithmetic coding.

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

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

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\WinZip\

Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{CD95F661-A5C4-44F5-A6AA-ECDD91C240B2}

Estimated size: 11.75 MB

Language: English (United States)

WZQKPICK.EXE
Memory:	1.9 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0000526724%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00002411%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00002856%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	3,322	8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:	0 Bytes	435.61 KB average
WZQKPICK32.EXE
Memory:	903.2 KB
Total CPU:	0.0001085694%
Kernel CPU:	0.00005384%
User CPU:	0.00005473%
CPU cycles/sec:	486
I/O reads/min:	17 Bytes

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 11.2, 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) 48% Win 7 0%

HOW DOES IT RUN? Plugs into Mozilla Firefox

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 6% Keep it 94%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	54.23%
United Kingdom	7.53%
India	4.40%
Italy	4.40%
Canada	2.67%
Brazil	1.97%
Australia	1.85%
Netherlands	1.51%
South Africa	1.27%
Germany	1.27%
Iran	1.16%
Thailand	0.93%
Belgium	0.93%
Israel	0.93%

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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