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Double clicking the Zip file would not infect you, but double clicking the virus.exe (and therefore, executing virus.exe) could cause you to get the virus. For example lets say you have a Zip file containing a virus, called virus.exe. If it was a real Zip file and it does contain infected files, you would not be subject to getting a virus unless you tried to execute the infected file. See the paragraph below.ĭouble clicking is a different story. Edit: It is technically possible, if you have single clicking to run a shortcut enabled.

You cannot get a virus just by single clicking on a Zip file. And if they don't know what is going on, they haven't gotten truthful training.As Hack-R said in his answer, Zip files can contain viruses. It is hard to believe that the folks at WinZip are telling the complete truth. The assertion that all EXEs give such warnings made it clear that the person at WinZip who responded either didn't know what is going on or wasn't telling. If someone can recommend a program that does and is not loaded with Potentially Unwanted Applications, I'd be interested in the details.

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The problem with the old version is that it doesn't integrate into right-click context menus in Windows 8.1. Winzip190.exe » ZIP » WINZIP190-64.MSI » MSI » Cabs.w1.cab » CAB » WINZIPSSRegClean.exe - a variant of Win32/Systweak potentially unwanted applicationįor now I'll continue using WinZip 9, which triggers no such messages. Winzip190.exe » ZIP » WINZIP190-64.MSI » MSI » Cabs.w1.cab » CAB » WINZIPSS.exe - a variant of Win32/Systweak.L potentially unwanted application Winzip190.exe » ZIP » WINZIP190-64.MSI » MSI » Cabs.w1.cab » CAB » WINZIPSSRegistryOptimizer.exe - a variant of Win32/Systweak.L potentially unwanted application Winzip190.exe » ZIP » WINZIP190-64.MSI » MSI » Cabs.w1.cab » CAB » WINZIPSSHelper.dll - a variant of Win32/Systweak.N potentially unwanted application Winzip190.exe » ZIP » WINZIP190-64.MSI » MSI » Cabs.w1.cab » CAB » WINZIPSSSystemCleaner.exe - a variant of Win32/Systweak.L potentially unwanted application Winzip190.exe » ZIP » WINZIP190-64.MSI » MSI » Cabs.w1.cab » CAB » WINZIPSSPrivacyProtector.exe - a variant of Win32/Systweak.L potentially unwanted application Winzip190.exe » ZIP » WINZIP190-32.MSI » MSI » Cabs.w1.cab » CAB » WINZIPSSRegClean.exe - a variant of Win32/Systweak potentially unwanted application Winzip190.exe » ZIP » WINZIP190-32.MSI » MSI » Cabs.w1.cab » CAB » WINZIPSS.exe - a variant of Win32/Systweak.L potentially unwanted application Winzip190.exe » ZIP » WINZIP190-32.MSI » MSI » Cabs.w1.cab » CAB » WINZIPSSRegistryOptimizer.exe - a variant of Win32/Systweak.L potentially unwanted application

Winzip190.exe » ZIP » WINZIP190-32.MSI » MSI » Cabs.w1.cab » CAB » WINZIPSSHelper.dll - a variant of Win32/Systweak.N potentially unwanted application Winzip190.exe » ZIP » WINZIP190-32.MSI » MSI » Cabs.w1.cab » CAB » WINZIPSSSystemCleaner.exe - a variant of Win32/Systweak.L potentially unwanted application

Winzip190.exe » ZIP » WINZIP190-32.MSI » MSI » Cabs.w1.cab » CAB » WINZIPSSPrivacyProtector.exe - a variant of Win32/Systweak.L potentially unwanted application I hadn't got around to deleting their EXE file and ran a NOD32 system scan and got the following 12 warnings: I told them I've never gotten messages like this with other downloads and that I didn't have enough confidence in them to use their product.

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The WinZip application setup file and other downloads from WinZip download page are safe and does not contains any Virus, malware etc. I asked the WinZip folks what was going on and they told me 'This is the false positive warning message from Windows or Antivirus application when you are downloading any executable(.exe) files.

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