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Zip Enhancer

Posted: December 1, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 5,808
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 7,956
First Seen: December 1, 2015
Last Seen: October 16, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Zip Enhancer is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that promises its clients easy file compression/decompression. The developer of this controversial application is a company called Shetef Solutions & Consulting (1998) Ltd. As it seems, Zip Enhancer indeed achieves the offered feature. However, the feedback from users is primarily negative due to the side activities of this PUP. It may create an extension in all available browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Since the license of Zip Enhancer is free of charge, Shetef Solutions & Consulting relies on Web advertisements to generate revenue. These advertisements that may be pop-ups, banners, and interstitial ads are the reason many people prefer to delete the PUP soon after its installation. The new commercial materials may not come in reasonable amounts. On the contrary, you may detect them in most websites, including pages that are not associated with shopping activities at all. Seeing pop-ups and other eye-catching marketing elements may be pretty annoying by itself, but there is more to it. The time necessary to load the Web pages may increase proportionally to the number of multimedia ads. As a result, the vouchers and discounts labeled as 'Powered by Zip Enhancer' may slow the operating speed of your browsers significantly. The process of loading a lot of ads also may result in freezes now and then. You should know that the PUP may record some of your online actions. It doesn't store passwords or usernames, but may keep an eye on the sites you visit to narrow down your interests. This fact may explain why some ads may seem appealing to your particular taste. However, clicking on them may be a risky activity because some of the sponsored pages may be unsafe. The experts encourage using special security software to remove Zip Enhancer from the system unanimously.

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:



C:\Program Files\amiext\zipenhancer\ie\AmiBho.dll File name: C:\Program Files\amiext\zipenhancer\ie\AmiBho.dll
MD5: 9ea71db9fd426db4544d707133d24331
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
C:\Program Files\AmiExt\ZipEnhancer\uninstall.exe File name: C:\Program Files\AmiExt\ZipEnhancer\uninstall.exe
Size: 996B (996 bytes)
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
AmiStorage.exe File name: AmiStorage.exe
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file

Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:
www.zipenhancer.com
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