What is WzBGTools.exe?

WzBGTools.exe is part of WinZip and developed by WinZip Computing, S.L. according to the WzBGTools.exe version information.

WzBGTools.exe's description is "WinZip Background Tool"

WzBGTools.exe is digitally signed by WinZip Computing LLC.

WzBGTools.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\WinZip\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about WzBGTools.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on WzBGTools.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameWinZip
Company nameWinZip Computing, S.L.
File descriptionWinZip Background Tool
Internal nameWzBGTools.exe
Original filenameWzBGTools.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 1991-2016 WinZip International LLC - All Rights Reserved
Legal trademarkWinZip is a registered trademark of WinZip International LLC
Product version20.5.12119.0
File version20.5.12119.0

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

Product nameWinZip
Company nameWinZip Computing, S.L.
File descriptionWinZip Background Tool
Internal nameWzBGTools.exe
Original filenameWzBGTools.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 1991-2016 WinZip Inter..
Legal trademarkWinZip is a registered trademark of ..
Product version20.5.12119.0
File version20.5.12119.0

Digital signatures [?]

WzBGTools.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameWinZip Computing LLC
Certificate issuer nameGlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2
Certificate serial number1121adecc13b232178af9ec4d6315addde80

VirusTotal report

None of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the WzBGTools.exe file.

None of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the WzBGTools.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5cff6cc8bdd0bec14e6d3005b8258767f
SHA256521b7f9b11e1279c922551048d8a2cc04e703d68fd7cef9b5847b525c98d4431

Error Messages

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

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

wzbgtools.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 Background Tool has stopped working.

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

wzbgtools.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with WzBGTools.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with WzBGTools.exe. 95% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 188 users.

User vote results: There were 179 votes to remove and 9 votes to keep

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Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Peter Kallay writes

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WinZip Background Tool is constantly displaying popups about files in the Recycle Bin, even if there are only a few files taking up relatively little space. This happens many times every day. I do not want to have to empty the Recycle Bin every time I delete one file, otherwise I will get a steady stream of popups. I want to disable this popup.


Peter

# 7 Dec 2016, 10:25

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