Estimated safety rating

winzip compression smart monitor service.exe may be a dangerous application, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. It triggers too many of the "possible danger" criteria described bellow. It is not yet known if winzip compression smart monitor service.exe is a virus or not which doesn't harm the computer. We advise you to be careful with this application.

Executable file path

Normally, this application is stored in C:\Program Files\WinZip\WinZip Smart Monitor\WinZip Compression Smart Monitor Service.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this file is 327b7c73a4485a178f0861c492a16f8d.

Is running as a service

This program is a Windows service. This means it operates on your PC in background, usually without displaying anything to you. Most Windows services are useful programs, which perform useful functions to other programs or to Windows in general.

Accesses the internet

This executable uses the net to communicate. Today this is quite normal. For example, most of the programs on your computer check for updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are required.

Is a 64 bit executable file

64-bit code has been detected. This exe can exploit the full power of a current computer cpu.

File description

The description extracted from the file is WinZip Compression Smart Monitor Service.

File version

File version 2,5,1,6.

Copyright

Copyright notice Copyright © 1991-2017 Corel Corporation. All Rights Reserved..

Potentially dangerous functions

Some insecure features of the Operating System appear to be used, such as functions for tapping the keyboard. We advise you to be very careful regarding this program.

Digitally signed

winzip compression smart monitor service.exe is digitally signed. Nowadays the large majority of virus-free programs are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature is not valid, which is a strong indicator that the app may be malware and that somebody probably modified it after the signature was generated. Please be very careful regarding this!

Certifier name

Digital certificate name: Corel Corporation

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA

Can be uninstalled

It has an uninstall string in registry, which is a good sign. si are uninstall.