What is winzip smart monitor service.exe?

winzip smart monitor service.exe is part of WinZip Smart Monitor Service and developed by Corel Corporation according to the winzip smart monitor service.exe version information.

winzip smart monitor service.exe's description is "WinZip Smart Monitor Service"

winzip smart monitor service.exe is digitally signed by Corel Corporation.

winzip smart monitor service.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files\winzip smart monitor\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected winzip smart monitor service.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on winzip smart monitor service.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameWinZip Smart Monitor Service
Company nameCorel Corporation
File descriptionWinZip Smart Monitor Service
Original filenameWinZip Smart Monitor Service
Legal copyrightCopyright © 1991-2017 Corel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Product version2.8.1.4
File version2,8,1,4

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

Product nameWinZip Smart Monitor Service
Company nameCorel Corporation
File descriptionWinZip Smart Monitor Service
Original filenameWinZip Smart Monitor Service
Legal copyrightCopyright © 1991-2017 Corel Corpora..
Product version2.8.1.4
File version2,8,1,4

Digital signatures [?]

winzip smart monitor service.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameCorel Corporation
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number0114e2b816a764f2d7006461d4421321

VirusTotal report

2 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the winzip smart monitor service.exe file. That's a 3% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Avast Win64:Malware-gen
AVG Win64:Malware-gen
2 of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the winzip smart monitor service.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1564372386.5625,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\Projects\\Pulse\\bin\\x64\\Release\\WinZip Smart Monitor Service.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "REGISTRY",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "TYPELIB",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
            "time": 6.222461938858,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4434,
            "time": 6.1844680309296,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4762,
            "time": 4.1570000648499,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5090,
            "time": 6.1962201595306,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5418,
            "time": 4.788969039917,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5746,
            "time": 3.046070098877,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6074,
            "time": 4.7069239616394,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 14756,
            "time": 4.204195022583,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 18948,
            "time": 6.2693710327148,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "c11e89d255ab81ccb305f36752380754826cc5cb90e353435ec7df9f35c76228",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "48f92ffc76c266b8c0f1860282a2c7f91173c3dae60ec6246de96ee3a725c24b",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5cac31c1c7cbe3f5244ade931dbe0c082
SHA2561426f9574810d23012ce7dbe8ec40a4cb5fe3e4a726db74df71455757c8dcb6e

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to winzip smart monitor service.exe:

winzip smart monitor service.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

winzip smart monitor service.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 Smart Monitor Service has stopped working.

End Program - winzip smart monitor service.exe. This program is not responding.

winzip smart monitor service.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

winzip smart monitor service.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
1

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Malware or legitimate?

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