About ZIX Files. Our goal is to help you understand what a file with a.zix suffix is and how to open it. All file types, file format descriptions, and software programs listed on this page have been individually researched and verified by the FileInfo team.We strive for 100% accuracy and only publish information about file formats that we have tested and validated. Aug 07, 2020 UnZixWin (UnZixWin.exe). UnZixWin is a small Windows-based utility wrote after dissecting the format of a few ZIX archives found on popular bittorrent sites. Written in Visual Basic 6.0, it is crude and simple, but gets the job done. It opens ZIX archives, presents a list of the contents, and lets you selectively extract whatever is inside.
The primary purpose of our website is to provide the user with a list of software programs that support a particular file extension, as well as that help to convert them to another format. WinZix supports 1 different file extensions, that's why it was found in our database. The following tables provide information about the association of WinZix with file extensions. If the WinZix program can be used to convert the file format to another one, such information will also be provided.
Associations of WinZix with the file extensions
What can I use this information for?
This information is especially useful when looking for a way to open a specific file. If you already have WinZix installed on your computer, you can check which file extensions it supports and look for the data you need in this specific format (or to what format you should convert the data so that you can open them in the WinZix).
I do not have a WinZix yet. Where should I get it?
By far the most safe way is to download WinZix directly from the developers's website. If you are going to download the WinZix from a website that offers a database of downloadable software, you have to reckon with the fact that when you install it on your computer, you will also install the unwanted extras. Please, pay special attention to this.
I cannot see the file extensions. What should I do?
File extensions are not normally displayed to users. To change this, go to Control Panel, select Appearance and Personalization and Folder Options. Next, select the View and find the option 'Hide extensions for known file types'. The option should be deselected (cleared) and confirmed with OK.
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).