What is ZAAR.exe?

ZAAR.exe is part of ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware and developed by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. according to the ZAAR.exe version information.

ZAAR.exe's description is "ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware"

ZAAR.exe is digitally signed by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd..

ZAAR.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\CheckPoint\Endpoint Security\TPCommon\Cipolla\' folder.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on ZAAR.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware
Company nameCheck Point Software Technologies Ltd.
File descriptionZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware
Internal nameZAAR.exe
Original filenameZAAR.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2018, Check Point, LTD
Product version1.1.165.17536
File version1.1.165.17536

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

Product nameZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware
Company nameCheck Point Software Technologies Ltd.
File descriptionZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware
Internal nameZAAR.exe
Original filenameZAAR.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2018, Check Point, LTD
Product version1.1.165.17536
File version1.1.165.17536

Digital signatures [?]

ZAAR.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameCheck Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Certificate issuer nameSymantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number61d73145ade15140cee8b9f52ba0df43

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD58c1faf73b12f5a0ab62c49684cfdf1cc
SHA256dedbb06d96121b55e0ec9b5161312088d9bdd3387d0b17c5b2c95f5e2ac74e6b

Error Messages

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

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

zaar.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.

ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware has stopped working.

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

zaar.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with ZAAR.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with ZAAR.exe. 87% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 182 users.

User vote results: There were 159 votes to remove and 23 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with ZAAR.exe.

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.

Scott writes

6 thumbs

After deleting Checkpoint zone alarm free firewall, it came with ZAAR.exe an antiransomeware program, but it remains in my startup. I disabled it but can't find it anywhere on my PC.

# 8 Sep 2018, 2:38

frustrated writes

2 thumbs

will try to remove it

# 28 Feb 2019, 14:32

Roger Karlsson writes

2 thumbs

Did you find a way to delete the ZAAR.exe file that remained after uninstalling the Checkpoint software?

# 25 Jun 2019, 3:33

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