Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package
Platform : Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Type:
Manufacturer: RarSoft
Size: 1.1MB
Rating: 4
Verdict: A great antivirus and antispyware program at no cost
System Requirements:
Nothing special required
RAR files have several advantages over Zip files, and WinRAR is a powerful
program for handling them. Creating a RAR file takes longer, but the compression
is significantly better. An 870KB file compressed as a Zip reduces to 843KB, yet
compressing as a RAR lowers it to a tiny 460KB.
The RAR format also supports multi-volume compression, allowing the splitting
of a large file. A recovery record feature allows corrupt files to be accessed
in order to salvage damaged data.
Files can be locked to prevent accidental tampering, and files of up to a
massive 8,589,934,591GB can be handled compared to 4GB for a Zip file.
The Wizards that are included will help beginners create and unpack files,
while advanced users have access to loads of features, such as the
importing/exporting of file settings, file protection and archive conversion to
SFX.
WinRAR also supports all the other common compression formats (RAR, ZIP, CAB,
ARJ, LZH, ACE, TAR, GZip, UUE, ISO, BZIP2, Z and 7-Zip).
WinRAR 3.60 beta 2 adds improved Unicode support in the folder tree panel,
and fixes a bug with incorrect font in the volume size list in Japanese Windows
98.