FastCompress-Zip
Posted: July 27, 2016
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Ranking: | 12,468 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 6,584 |
First Seen: | July 20, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | September 23, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The developers of FastCompress-Zip present it as a reliable tool for compression and decompression of files, but this program may not be trustworthy. You should abstain from installing FastCompress-Zip because it may cause unpleasant modifications to your system. The specialists classify FastCompress-Zip as adware. FastCompress-Zip may fill your Web clients with tons of unwanted commercial materials, which may deteriorate their performance and expose you to unsafe third-party pages. Moreover, FastCompress-Zip may not perform the promised features properly. FastCompress-Zip is supposed to create Zip compatible files, unzip and zip archives, reduce the file size and work with various formats efficiently. In reality, you may experience various bugs and glitches, which means FastCompress-Zip is not an application you should keep on your PC. Unfortunately, in some case, the suspicious software may enter without your knowledge hidden in a bundle alongside other cost-free programs.
You should invest a few more minutes and perform the setup process via the 'Advanced' menu as opposed to the 'Quick' guide. This way, you should be able to unmark the checkboxes of shady applications like FastCompress-Zip before they cause damage. This adware is compatible with the majority of the leading browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. FastCompress-Zip may attach as an extension towards all of them at once. Afterward, the unreliable tool may inject pop-ups, banners, videos, interstitial ads, in-text ads, and so on. The frequent loading of multimedia materials may cause your browsers to operate in a sluggish way. The greatest risk is that the sponsored links by FastCompress-Zip may sometimes open compromised sites that may try to deploy threats. The experts suggest you delete this questionable software right away via a special security program.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\FastCompress-Zip\Fast_Support.exe
File name: Fast_Support.exeSize: 534.72 KB (534720 bytes)
MD5: 93b20ee9967daf818d453a5cdb5f96dc
Detection count: 4,211
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\FastCompress-Zip\Fast_Support.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 28, 2022
Registry Modifications
CLSID{22BB7841-43C8-451B-1000-000100020000}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\FastCompress-ZipSOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shellex\DragDropHandlers\FastCompress-ZipSoftware\FastCompress-ZipSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\FastCompress-ZipSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\FastCompressSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\FastCompressSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\FastCompressHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}FastCompress-Zip
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