What is WinZipCompressionSmartMonitor.exe?

WinZipCompressionSmartMonitor.exe is part of WinZip Compression Smart Monitor and developed by Corel Corporation according to the WinZipCompressionSmartMonitor.exe version information.

WinZipCompressionSmartMonitor.exe's description is "WinZip Compression Smart Monitor"

WinZipCompressionSmartMonitor.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\WinZip\WinZip Smart Monitor\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected WinZipCompressionSmartMonitor.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on WinZipCompressionSmartMonitor.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameWinZip Compression Smart Monitor
Company nameCorel Corporation
File descriptionWinZip Compression Smart Monitor
Original filenameWinZipCompressionSmartMonitor.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 1991-2017 Corel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Product version2.5.1.6
File version2,5,1,6

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameWinZip Compression Smart Monitor
Company nameCorel Corporation
File descriptionWinZip Compression Smart Monitor
Original filenameWinZipCompressionSmartMonitor.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 1991-2017 Corel Corpor..
Product version2.5.1.6
File version2,5,1,6

Digital signatures [?]

The verification of WinZipCompressionSmartMonitor.exe's digital signature failed.

PropertyValue
Signer nameCorel Corporation
Certificate issuer nameSymantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number24a1bd176051ff864d018812f9f2304c

VirusTotal report

1 of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the WinZipCompressionSmartMonitor.exe file. That's a 1% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
DrWeb Program.Unwanted.2404
1 of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the WinZipCompressionSmartMonitor.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1561344785.4062,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\Projects\\Pulse\\bin\\x64\\Release\\WinZipCompressionSmartMonitor.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
            "time": 6.2258200645447,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5442,
            "time": 6.1664459705353,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5770,
            "time": 4.1613109111786,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6098,
            "time": 6.1899569034576,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6426,
            "time": 4.6951420307159,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6754,
            "time": 3.0443029403687,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 7082,
            "time": 4.2576730251312,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 17868,
            "time": 4.2579700946808,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 26252,
            "time": 6.3237919807434,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "415e54fa8b5f9cecb743588f3d18b7d62ba236c872634908d4076e882c3f3365",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "5d3a5df830877c831aec22ed8c854617ae6d6de499f9a03077509ea7a82e8241",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5e3d62d0733858942ffcdaa20c2241d00
SHA2568490718de3fb4909ddb42f3322e05aa07e1ff5308448dcb4039b073f90431d83

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to winzipcompressionsmartmonitor.exe:

winzipcompressionsmartmonitor.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

winzipcompressionsmartmonitor.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

WinZip Compression Smart Monitor has stopped working.

End Program - winzipcompressionsmartmonitor.exe. This program is not responding.

winzipcompressionsmartmonitor.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

winzipcompressionsmartmonitor.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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What did other users do?

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Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
1

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