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WinRAR is file archive software, which will amaze you with the exiting bundle of utilities it has to offer. Apart from providing complete support for RAR and ZIP archives, WinRAR is also capable of unpacking ISO, LZH, UUE, TAR, CAB, ARJ, JAR, ACE, GZ and many more.
Making use of technologies such as recovery volumes and recovery records, WinRAR provides Data Redundancy. It also allows reconstruction of damaged archives to some extent.
Recently, there appeared applications that have embedded file archive and program to extract the file archive. Such applications are called Self Extracting Archive or SFX. WinRAR supports SFX and helps developers create SFX applications.
When it comes to security, WinRAR provides encryption of 128 bit keys. It uses Advanced Encryption Standard to achieve this.
WinRAR completely beats its competitors by supporting not only all Windows releases including Vista, but also by supporting OS such as Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX, OS2, DOS and Pocket PC.
Upon the purchase of WinRAR, you get all updates, major feature upgrades and email support absolutely free.
Advantages:
- Only utility to support .rar files.
- Average compression rate:
- Text 15 - 30%
- Word files 22%
- English text 14.8%
- Bitmap file 19%
- 3D CAD files 26%
Disadvantages:
- If you have installed the trial software, it may give you trouble uninstalling it.
- Does not support multi threading, which takes advantage of systems with dual-core or hyperthreading enabled CPUs
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Ki says 13 days ago #