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Characteristics

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Summary:

This is not a virus or Trojan. Upon execution, this application adds a toolbar “Zipclix” into the Internet Explorer and makes changes to the browser settings. It adds an internet explorer search bar with other buttons.

Privacy:

No license agreement is displayed during installation, although one could be displayed by another installer if bundled with another application. No EULA or privacy policy related to the software could be found.

Installation:

File name = “zipclix”
MD5Hash = 7638b838ee59cae4585982b6a2998dbf

On installation following registry entries get added:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\
  {319A68DB-06D0-46DA-9F93-A810D5A70836}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\
  {EC34A4B3-809A-4A71-88D4-55B5183D6041}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\
  {BBCD25C8-A31E-4DFB-B204-B54BBA477B23}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZipclixObj.ZipclixObj
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
  CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Zipclix
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Zipclix
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Zipclix\Toolbar

Following folder gets added:

• C:\Program Files\Zipclix

Following files are dropped:

• C:\Program files\zipclix\install.log
• C:\Program files\zipclix\unwise.exe
• C:\Program files\zipclix\zipclix.ini
• C:\Program files\zipclix\zipclix.dll

Removal

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