What is Greatzip?
Greatzip is an application promoted as the “best file compressor.” If you open its official website greatzip.com, you will only need a few seconds to find out what activities this program is going to perform on your computer. It claims that it can zip and unzip files quickly, enable users to secure their files with the “banking-level AES encryption,” and make it possible to zip and send large files by email. Researchers at anti-spyware-101.com have managed to find out that Greatzip is based on the 7-zip version 9.21, so it should work well. Unfortunately, this still does not make it a fully reliable program, specialists say. Research has revealed that it has several drawbacks which make it a potentially unwanted application, or PUP. Potentially unwanted programs are not malicious applications and will never be; however, they might still perform undesirable activities on users’ computers, so it is better to replace them with fully reliable applications. Read the rest of the article to find out more about Greatzip and then remove it if you decide that it is worth doing that.
What does Greatzip do?
Researchers have managed to find out that Greatzip is quite a useful application. That is, it works as it promises, so it is not at all surprising that so many users decide to install this application on their computers and use it every day. Even though it seems to be a decent application, it still cannot be called fully trustworthy, according to experts. Instead, specialists call it a potentially unwanted program. First, they have noticed that Greatzip is associated with Open Download Manager, which is also known to be a potentially unwanted program. It is nothing if compared to another drawback – it might be distributed using deceptive methods, specialists say. Users might end up with this application on their computers after clicking on a pop-up advertisement (e.g. http://greatzip.com/adv1/site.php?ID=adcmscrr&sub=adcmscrr&subid=66076-8090cb.com&S2=1486754648807_1486754648101_249_33511_9746170_1) promoting it once. Some users automatically click on any button they see with the intention of closing the window opened for them. In other words, they do not even notice when they allow the potentially unwanted application Greatzip to enter their computers. Finally, there is one last drawback our experienced specialists have managed to find. It has been noticed that this PUP connects to the Internet periodically. Theoretically, this might result in the decreased speed of the Internet connection. It is unclear why it is using the Internet connection, but you should keep in mind that it might collect information about you and send it to its server. As you probably suspect, it is possible to stop it from performing this activity only by fully deleting it from the system.
Where does Greatzip come from?
There are only two explanations why Greatzip is installed on your computer. First, you could have downloaded it from its official website greatzip.com and installed it on your computer. Second, you could have clicked on the Download Now button located on a pop-up promoting this potentially unwanted program. Such pop-up ads promoting software usually appear on users’ screens when they enter untrustworthy pages and get redirected to a certain domain showing ads. Also, the presence of irritating pop-ups on the screen might indicate that an ad-supported application (adware) is actively working on the system. If you remember clicking on an advertisement with the Download button, you might have several untrustworthy programs on your computer. Our researchers have found out that users might be presented with additional offers while installing Greatzip, and, consequently, end up with all those extra applications if they do not unchecked certain checkboxes located on the software installation window. Install a security application on your PC today, and it will make sure no malware can illegally enter your computer again.
How to delete Greatzip
Greatzip is not one of those harmful computer infections even though it might enter computers without the users’ knowledge. Therefore, you could delete it like an ordinary application, i.e. using Control Panel. Below you will find instructions that will help you, so we are sure you will not find its removal a daunting task. Of course, there is a way to delete this undesirable software easier too. You can erase it using an automated malware remover. First, download it from the web and install it on your computer. Second, launch the scanner - it will do the rest for you.
Greatzip Removal Guide
Windows XP
- Click Start.
- Open Control Panel and then click Add or Remove Programs.
- Click on the undesirable application.
- Select Remove.
Windows 7/Vista/8/8.1/10
- Tap Win+R.
- Enter Control Panel and click OK.
- Click Uninstall a program.
- Locate Greatzip in the list and right-click on it.
- Click Uninstall.
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