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wzUninstall.exe

WinZipper

Chencheng Cai

The application wzUninstall.exe, “Winziper uninstall application” by Chencheng Cai has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program WinZip by Winzipper Pvt Ltd..
Publisher:
Winziper Pvt Ltd.  (signed by Chencheng Cai)

Product:
WinZipper

Description:
Winziper uninstall application

Version:
2.2.28.0

MD5:
4fc3bf71d8d0ad22d89dc7a46c0fc675

SHA-1:
8134dc8fadf758508c85f9bc308e99e1ed0468a1

SHA-256:
f48c53fc25b7005bad15b472088ad2c5ffaf145cfffb2e1b715ba245de8bb2cf

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
2/25/2025 6:46:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Winzipper (M)
16.9.9.6

File size:
1 MB (1,067,128 bytes)

Product version:
2.2.28.0

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2015 Winziper Pvt Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Original file name:
wzUninstall.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\winzipper\wzuninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Chencheng Cai

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/28/2016 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/18/2017 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Chencheng Cai, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
40FA13985158ACB4435D05F1B89D98DA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/19/2016 5:26:56 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:M15yGzzzDOyX3627dFOvKeJDzUKcSyUTIwuO1P+6895J:M15LzD4OyYKdyUTIwuO1+6g

Entry address:
0x856B9

Entry point:
E8, 5C, 74, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8D, 45, 14, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 4A, 76, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 20, C6, 4E, 00, FF, 15, 38, B2, 4A, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 4B, 22, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 58, B2, 4A, 00, 50, E8, 50, 22, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 57, 33, FF, 85, F6, 74, 1B, 6A, E0, 33, D2, 58, F7, F6, 3B, 45, 10, 73, 0F, E8, 18, 22, 00, 00, C7, 00, 0C...
 
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Entropy:
6.3530

Code size:
678.5 KB (694,784 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
WinZip

Display publisher:
Winzipper Pvt Ltd.

Display version:
2.2.80

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZipper\wzUninstall.exe


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