What is zap.exe?

zap.exe is part of win imagine and developed by WinImagine - www.wnimagine.com according to the zap.exe version information.

zap.exe's description is "Win Image Aquisition"

zap.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected zap.exe.

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 zap.exe:

PropertyValue
Product namewin imagine
Company nameWinImagine - www.wnimagine.com
File descriptionWin Image Aquisition
Internal namewin imagine
Original filenameimaging.exe
Commentswww.wnimagine.com
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2004 - 2013
Product version4.2.0.800
File version4.2.0.800

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

Product namewin imagine
Company nameWinImagine - www.wnimagine.com
File descriptionWin Image Aquisition
Internal namewin imagine
Original filenameimaging.exe
Commentswww.wnimagine.com
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2004 - 2013
Product version4.2.0.800
File version4.2.0.800

Digital signatures [?]

zap.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

13 of the 54 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the zap.exe file. That's a 24% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.39549
Arcabit Trojan.MSILPerseus.D9A7D
Avast Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic.pak!cobra
BitDefender Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.39549
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.39549 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.GQA
Fortinet MSIL/Kryptik.GPK!tr
McAfee Trojan-FJCO!4018ADFBD921
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Trojan.hc
Qihoo-360 QVM03.0.Malware.Gen
Symantec SAPE.Heur.98167
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic.pak!cobra
13 of the 54 anti-virus programs detected the zap.exe file.

zap.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove zap.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the zap.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that zap.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate zap.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the zap.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate zap.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\zap.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the zap.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If zap.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If zap.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If zap.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that zap.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD54018adfbd9211ddafa223a97c892ed93
SHA2567fbd529e57cf700211bbc35be0d6f23a04636e7ca11913c5f6ad2516a334bcff

Error Messages

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

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

zap.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.

Win Image Aquisition has stopped working.

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

zap.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with zap.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with zap.exe:



What did other users do?

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

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
1

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with zap.exe. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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.

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