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WinRAR is an archiving utility that completely supports RAR and ZIP archives and is able to unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, Z archives. It consistently makes smaller archives than the competition, saving disk space and transmission costs.

WinRAR offers a graphic interactive interface utilizing mouse and menus as well as the command line interface. 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.

WinRAR offers you the benefit of industry strength archive encryption using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with a key of 128 bits. It supports files and archives up to 8,589 billion gigabytes in size. It also offers the ability to create selfextracting and multivolume archives. With recovery record and recovery volumes, you can reconstruct even

WinRARhelp and info

•           Is WinRAR Free?

The software is available for you to try for a free on a 40 day trial, after which you are expected to buy a license if you wish to continue using the application. However, it will continue to work after 40 days with a only reminder message to buy a license as penalty.

•           How Does WinRAR Work?

WinRAR uses lossless compression to reduce the amount of storage required store data. By removing redundant data, the amount of space required to store a file is reduced. This reduction can be dramatic, depending on the file. Files cannot be used in a regular fashion when compressed in this manner.

•           Is WinRAR Safe?

This is an established application that is quite safe. As with all software downloads, you should take care to ensure you are downloading from a reputable source like Softonic. This will ensure you don't download a maliciously altered version of the software that may infect your computer.

•           Does WinRAR Open Zip Files?

Though primarily thought of as a .rar file extractor, this application works with a range of compression file formats, including .zip files. It can be set as the default application to use with a zip file, if required. It also works with tar.gz, 7zip, iso, and a number of other formats.

•           Is WinRAR a Virus?

This application is not a virus (though it is possible for a virus to call themselves "WinRAR". Rather, it is an application for copying files into a compressed archive. If you find this on your computer, it may have been installed by someone else, or come pre-installed on the device.

•           What is WinRAR and Do I Need It?

This software is an application for compressing data so that it takes up less space on storage mediums. This can be useful for freeing up space by putting files that aren't needed that often into a .rar archive. It is also useful for sending large amounts of data over the Internet.

•           Is WinRAR crack Safe to Download?

As with all software downloads, this application is safe to download if it is downloaded from trustable websites like Softonic or the official site. Rarlabs, the company that makes the software, allow downloading of the software for free, so there is no benefit to risk your computer's health by downloading from another source that may be malicious.

•           Is WinRAR for Mac?

This application is available for a number of platforms including Apple's Mac OSX platform. To download the Mac version, simply navigate to the Rarlabs website, and then to the download page and select "Mac OS X" from the platform drop down menu, then choose the version you wish to download.

•           Is WinRAR Free for Commercial Use?

This software is available to try for free on a 40 day trial for any user. After this trial period ends, though the software continues to work. The user is expected to buy a license if they wish to continue using the software. Commercial entities should be weary of ignoring licensing requirements.

•           How Does WinRAR Make Money?

While many private users of the application ignore the licensing requirements, largely because Rarlabs choose to allow this, commercial entities cannot do the same. Corporations need to buy licenses to use software, and in this manner, Rarlabs are able to make money from use of this software in the commercial world.

WinRAR (64-bit) allows you to open, create, and manage various types of compressed files through its intuitive and streamlined interface. This program offers a full set of features for manipulating and managing compressed files, and it works smoothly and efficiently.

What Do You Need To Know About Free Software?

PROS

Intuitive interface: When you attempt to open a ZIP or RAR file, this app automatically takes over and presents the contents of the compressed file, so that you can immediately access them. From this main interface window, you can then manage the archive by adding to it, repairing it, or protecting it, all using the tools readily available across the top of the interface. Even novice users will find their way around this program quite quickly.

Quick create or add: In addition to letting you open compressed files, WinRAR also allows you to create new ones or add to existing archives. You can do this either by dragging and dropping the files in, or by adding them using the controls across the top of the interface.

CONS

64-bit systems only: This particular version of WinRAR is for 64-bit systems only. If you have a 32-bit system, you can download a version optimized for that configuration. And if you're not sure, the 32-bit version will work on both 64-bit and 32-bit machines.

BOTTOM LINE

WinRAR is at the top of the list when it comes to programs of this type. It's hard to go too long without having to open some type of compressed file that Windows can't handle, and so it's worth checking this app out. It's free to try for 40 days, but after that, you'll have to purchase a license for $29 to continue using it.

Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of WinRAR (64-bit) 5.01.

PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION

From RARLAB:

WinRAR is a 32-bit / 64-bit Windows version of RAR Archiver, the powerful archiver and archive manager. WinRAR's main features are very strong general and multimedia compression, solid compression, archive protection from damage, processing of ZIP and other non-RAR archives, scanning archives for viruses, programmable self-extracting archives(SFX), authenticity verification, NTFS and Unicode support, strong AES encryption, support of multivolume archives, command line and graphical interface, drag-and-drop facility, wizard interface, theme support, folder tree panel, multithread support and Windows x64 shell integration. WinRAR provides complete support for RAR and ZIP archives and is able to unpack and convert CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, Z, 7-Zip archives. WinRAR is available in over 40 languages.

WinRAR 5.71

WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files.

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WinRAR puts you ahead of the crowd when it comes to compression. By consistently creating smaller archives, WinRAR is often faster than the competition. This will save you disc space, transmission costs AND valuable working time as well.

Features:

          WinRAR supports all popular compression formats (RAR, ZIP, CAB, ARJ, LZH, ACE, TAR, GZip, UUE, ISO, BZIP2, Z and 7-Zip).

          WinRAR is ideal for multimedia files. WinRAR crack automatically recognizes and selects the best compression method. The special compression algorithm compresses multimedia files, executables and object libraries particularly well.

          WinRAR allows you to split archives into separate volumes easily, making it possible to save them on several disks for example.

          WinRAR is also ideal, if you are sending data through the web. Its 128 bit password encryption and its authenticated signature technology will give you the peace of mind you have been looking for.

          WinRAR is shareware, meaning you have the chance to thoroughly test it. The program can be used absolutely free of charge for 40 days!

          WinRAR gives you all future UPDATES for FREE!

Download notes: Alternatively you can download the latest beta version of this software.

What's New:

          "Convert archives" command:

          improved performance when processing a lot of small archives in Windows 10;

          fixed memory leaks which could lead to excessive memory use when converting to ZIP format.

          Corrupt ZIP archive processing:

          "Repair" command replaces packed and unpacked file sizes stored in local file header with sizes from central directory if local header sizes look invalid;

          file extraction is stopped at unpacked size stored in ZIP headers even if available packed data allows further extraction. It is done to prevent unexpected hard drive space usage.

          Ctrl+C allows to abort RAR "l" command quickly. In previous versions it could take several seconds until list command stopped.

Bugs fixed:

          WinRAR could crash when attempting to display some types of archive comments in GUI shell, resulting in a denial of service;

          if "Save archive name" and "Add to context menu" options were set in compression profile parameters and profile was invoked from Explorer context menu, WinRAR proposed an automatically generated archive name instead of name saved in profile.

          WinRAR displayed an unneeded pair of round brackets in "Archive" column of "Diagnostic messages" window for system error messages;

          "Extract to folder\" Windows Explorer context menu command could fail to unpack ZIP archives if their names included a numeric part followed by .zip extension, arbitrary data was present before the first file record and "Remove redundant folders from extraction path" WinRAR option was switched on;

          in "RAR x -x arcname" command, parent folders of files matching the specified mask also were excluded from extracting;

          "Find" command returned the current folder own name additionally to its contents for "Current folder" search area if folder name matched "File names to find" mask;

          if "Find in files" and "Find in archives" are both enabled, "Find" command did not match an archive name itself against "File names to find" mask after searching inside of archive. So it did not display archive names for masks like *.rar and applied this mask only to files inside of archives;

          when running an executable directly from archive, WinRAR 5.70 did not set a temporary folder with unpacked files as current. So executables attempting to access other archived files in current folder could fail to work;

          WinRAR could be inaccessible for few seconds after closing an archived file opened in internal viewer in Windows 10;

          dragging a file to subfolder of ZIP archive with "Store full paths" option enabled produced invalid pathnames consisting of repeated subfolder name. Same invalid pathnames were produced if adding files to ZIP archive with -ap -ep2 switches.