Associated .ZIX software
Windows
ZIX file extension
WinZix File
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Please read the following carefully as the .zix file format is directly associated with an application containing adware/spyware.
The .zix file format is used by the WinZix application, which claims to compress data better than any other compression format. In reality however, the WinZix application also installs some adware on a users computer. Please note, the actual .zix file does NOT contain adware, the application that you use to open/create it does (WinZix).
The first version of WinZix simply added a tiny piece of data (also known as a header record) to the start of the original file, increasing a 100KB uncompressed file to 101KB. With WinZix version 2, files are compressed using an algorithm very similar to zip archives.
Unfortunately, more and more files are appearing on the Internet with the .zix extension. The reason for this is increase is likely to be down to a dedicated team working with the WinZix creators, uploading common files but with the .zix extension. This results in more people sharing .zix files and more people downloading the WinZix application without researching the software they're installing.
Once WinZix is installed on your computer, it can be rather difficult to completely remove, as un-installing WinZix through your control panel will still leave the adware on your system. The adware process appears to cloak itself, describing itself as "iexplore.exe" (Internet Explorer).
Our advice is to not install the WinZix software. If you know how to remove the adware, please let us know below.
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Other .ZIX file extensions
Minime.exe (part of winzix) is aparently a trojan!
(delete all keys and values) What a pain..don't do this if you are not familiar with the registry
Apparently you can. Someone has posted very helpful and easy to follow instructions on editing .zix files with a Hex editor. Just go to wikepedia and look it up, worked for me.
I need help opening my .zix file, but i dont want to download WinZix because I've seen many forums saying that there are several viruses.
Someone please help me, talk to me on email bobzy_da_pimp@hotmail.com Thank You!
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detected: Trojan program Trojan.Win32.Obfuscated.en
Trojan, adware. The "winzix corporation" is fake. Get real.
To rid:
McAfee works well on the trojan.
Spybot takes care of the adware.
Hey nerds go ahead and "hex" away you old-schoolers you.
Oh and BTW. Stop downloading new extensions. It just ****s up the torrent network.
Actually...I am making a .wtf extension that is the best compression ever. Hey dumb newbs, go to ****//****rexswain.com/eicar.com for it! its awsome!!
What exactly is it you want to solve?
www.kennethsorling.se/software/unzixwin.htm
If you are not a Windows user, you can use my perl script, located here: www.mizrahi.com.ve/projects/
I've gotten rid of parts of it, however it's messed up my internet explorer. I keep getting popups with repeated permission requests to run Adobe Flash player and to run something else...Every time I open a web page it pops up again and again. (I'm using Vista and I'm using Norton's Internet Security - so both ask repeatedly for permission to run stuff as it is) My home page was hijacked. System restore failed.
Grrr....I should've known better than mess with a program/file I'm unfamiliar with....hopefully I can fix this....and without a total wipe.
Just DELETE THE FILE already .... you are already reading that it's bad, why the hell would you even want to ignore the warning and still ask how you can open the file huh ?
In my opinion, that's the only way to clean up the torrent network of these files... in other words, if no one DL or no one seeds, the torrent WILL eventually die.
Cheers!