winzipsmartmonitor.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers many of the "probable danger" criteria described in this document. It is not yet known if winzipsmartmonitor.exe is a virus or not that doesn't cause harm your computer. We recommend you to be careful with it.
Usually, the default name and directory where this program is stored is
C:\Program Files\WinZip Smart Monitor\WinZipSmartMonitor.exe.
The MD5 fingerprint for this file is 7a0d4f4177e40d13631a452ad66be6a9.
This program does NOT operate as a Windows service. This is normally a good sign.
This executable uses the net to communicate. Today this is expected from a program. For example, most of the programs on your PC check for new updates. For this, Internet communications are necessary.
This is a x64 executable. It runs using the full capacity of modern CPUs.
The description extracted from the program is WinZip Smart Monitor.
File version stored as a property 2,3,0,6.
Author Corel Corporation.
Copyright notice Copyright (c) 1991-2017 Corel Corporation. All Rights Reserved..
This file does NOT have visible elements of user interface. This is usually a bad thing.
Some unusual functions of the Operating System appear to be used, such as functions for intercepting the keyboard. We advise you to read more about this program.
winzipsmartmonitor.exe has a digital signature. Nowadays the large majority of legit programs are digitally signed.
The digital signature is broken, which is a strong indicator that this app may be malware and that somebody most likely changed some of its code after the signature was generated. We advise extreme caution!
The name of the firm or individual signing this is: help@winzip.com
Digitally signed by: WinZip Computing LLC
Certificate's issuer name: GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2
It has an uninstall string in registry, which is a good sign. si are uninstall.