WinRAR


 
 

WinRAR is a shareware file archiver and data compression utility by Eugene Roshal. Pocket RAR, a version of the file archiver for the Pocket PC platform, is available as freeware. It is one of the few applications that are able to create RAR archives natively, as the encoding method is held to be proprietary.

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  • Complete support for RAR and ZIP archives, and unpacking of CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z and Z archives.
  • Optional archive encryption using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with a key of 128 bits.
  • Files and archives up to 8,589 billion gigabytes in size are supported. The number of archived files is unlimited for all practical purposes.
  • The ability to create self-extracting and multi-volume(split) archives.
  • Data redundancy is provided via recovery records and recovery volumes, allowing to reconstruct even damaged archives.
  • WinRAR supports advanced NTFS file system options and Unicode in file names.
  • From version 3.50 beta 1, WinRAR adds support for interface skins and themes.
  • From version 3.50, WinRAR supports Windows 64x integration.
  • WinRAR can be tested for free for up to 40 days and provides free unlimited upgrades.

 

WinRAR: WinRAR is a shareware file archiver and data compression utility by Eugene Roshal. Pocket RAR, a version of the file archiver for the Pocket PC platform, is available as freeware. It is one of the few applications that are able to create RAR archives natively, as the encoding method is held to be pr...

Shareware: Shareware is a marketing method for software, whereby a trial version is distributed without payment ahead of time as is common for proprietary software. Typically shareware software is obtained free of charge by downloading, thus allowing one to try out the program ahead of time. Shareware is also ...

File archiver: A file archiver combines a number of files together into one archive file, or a series of archive files, for easier transportation or storage. Many file archivers use lossless data compression in order to reduce the archive's size....

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