Threat Database Adware FastCompress-Zip

FastCompress-Zip

By CagedTech in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 11,462
Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 2,810
First Seen: July 20, 2016
Last Seen: September 5, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

FastCompress-Zip is another Chinese archive manager that you can download from Fastcompress.com and install with a freeware package that includes apps like Info Seeker and IST Cleaner Pro. The FastCompress-Zip software is promoted as a powerful archiver that can satisfy the needs of most users and allow them to create, organize and modify archives of data efficiently. According to Fastcompress.com, FastCompress-Zip can work with standard formats like RAR, ZIP, 7Z and TAR, as well as GZIP, APK and LBR. The FastCompress-Zip program is a product of Adlegend Limited that is based in Hong Kong, China and employs the services of ad networks to provide FastCompress-Zip cost-free to their customers. As you may suspect, FastCompress-Zip is supported by advertisements injected into your Internet browser. Computer users that install the FastCompress-Zip software may notice that it comes with a browser plug-in to allow you to load archives in your Internet client. The same plug-in by FastCompress-Zip is likely to be used to show pop-up ads and banners on pages you visit frequently.

The ads by FastCompress-Zip may include video and audio commercials that cannot be blocked and filtered by extensions like Adblock, Adguard and Ghostery. Moreover, the FastCompress-Zip archive manager may require users to remove apps that interfere with the display of ads and prevent gathering usage statistics like your bookmarks, Internet history and recent searches on Google. The FastCompress-Zip application may invite users to like pages on social media, which are dedicated to online shops and direct users to promoted content. When you create and edit archives, you may experience full-screen ads and need to run the task manager to access your desktop again. The FastCompress-Zip software is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that you may wish to abstain from installing. Security scanners may recognize FastCompress-Zip as ADWARE/Mutabaha.edre, Adware:W32/Elex and Adware.Mutabaha.769. PC users can purge the FastCompress-Zip app with the services of a reliable anti-malware tool.

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File System Details

FastCompress-Zip may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. Fast_Support.exe 93b20ee9967daf818d453a5cdb5f96dc 1,798

Registry Details

FastCompress-Zip may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{22BB7841-43C8-451B-1000-000100020000}
SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\FastCompress-Zip
SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shellex\DragDropHandlers\FastCompress-Zip
Software\FastCompress-Zip
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\FastCompress-Zip
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\FastCompress
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\FastCompress
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\FastCompress

Directories

FastCompress-Zip may create the following directory or directories:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\FastCompress-Zip
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\FastCompress-Zip
%PROGRAMFILES%\FastCompress-Zip
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\FastCompress-Zip

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