WinRAR

Powerful archiver and archive manager. RAR files can usually compress content 8 to 30 percent better than ZIP files !

WinRAR is a software that specialises at unrar or unzip procedures. Comparing to the stock unzip program, it is much faster, simpler to use and most importantly, has more functions. The stock unzip function only supports zip BUT NOT RAR files. However, WinRAR can do all of those. By supporting various formats, WinRAR is actually doing-it-all.

RAR files can usually compress content 8 percent to 30 percent more than ZIP files. WinRAR's main features include strong general and multimedia compression, the ability to process non-RAR archive formats, ZIP compression and decompression, long filename support, programmable self-extracting archives (SFX), damaged archive repair, authenticity verification, embedded file comments, and encryption.

Unicode is supported in archive filenames, allowing non-English filenames to be handled painlessly You can manipulate the parameters of many archives at once and view a volume sequence as a single archive. WinRAR is able to convert other archive formats to RAR. It supports the Find command, allowing search for specified text and files in archives.

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Software Information		System Requirements
Version:	4.2	Windows 8/7/XP/Vista 512 MB RAM or More
File Size:	1.5 MB
License:	Free to try, $29.00 to buy
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Editor's Review

WinRAR is the best shareware of compression utilities. Comparing with many other programs of this kind, WinRAR features high compression rate, quick compression speed, powerful functions, and user friendly interfaces. It's a must-have tool for all computer users, no matter a beginner or an experienced user. WinRAR is quality enough for a 5-star award according to BestShareware.Net's strict rating rules.

The best shareware for compression.

• Positions of "Mode" and "Cancel" buttons in archiving dialog have been exchanged.
• Bugs corrected:
  a) beta 1 could truncate names of files decompressed from ISO 9660 archives by one character;
  b) progress bars in archive conversion window did not work correctly with "Windows progress bars" option turned on;
  c) "Load WinRAR settings from" dialog did not displayed if settings.reg was not present in \WinRAR folder.

• Using WinRAR puts you ahead of the crowd when it comes to compression by consistently making smaller archives than the competition, saving disk space and transmission costs.
• WinRAR provides complete support for RAR and ZIP archives and is able to unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, Z archives.
• WinRAR offers a graphic interactive interface utilizing mouse and menus as well as the command line interface.
• When you purchase WinRAR license you are buying a license to the complete technology, no need to purchase add-ons to create self-extracting files, it's all included. One price, one payment, once.
• You also receive the benefit of a life-time use of the WinRAR archiver. No upgrade fee to pay. When a new release is made, simply download and install, your license is valid for life.
• WinRAR is easier to use than many other archivers with the inclusion of a special "Wizard" mode which allows instant access to the basic archiving functions through a simple question and answer procedure. This avoids confusion in the early stages of use.
• WinRAR offers you the benefit of industry strength archive encryption using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with a key of 128 bits.
• WinRAR supports files and archives up to 8,589 billion gigabytes in size. The number of archived files is, for all practical purposes, unlimited.
• WinRAR offers the ability to create selfextracting and multivolume archives.
• Recovery record and recovery volumes allow to reconstruct even physically damaged archives.
• WinRAR features are constantly being developed to keep WinRAR ahead of the pack.