CNET Editors' review
WinRAR is a lightweight, flexible, and easy-to-use archiving utility that can unpack most archive formats, as well as compress to both RAR and ZIP. Free to try for 40 days ($29 for single license), WinRAR is definitely top dog in the compression category.
WinRAR's interface is about as simple as it gets. Start creating (or add to) an archive by dragging and dropping your files into the interface or by browsing through the Folder Tree side panel (when enabled). From there, the most common functions are laid out in the form of colorful, mostly intuitive icons, which can all be customized by downloading themes from the company's Web site. Add files to, Extract, Test, Delete, or even Repair archives right from the main interface. Drop-down menus house the program's more advanced features, including self-extracting archives, archive locking, benchmarking, and autodeletion of temp files.
In our performance tests, both creating and unpacking archives was blazingly fast. Compression ratios varied depending on file type, but in general seemed on par with or slightly better than other archiving programs. Overall, WinRAR is a winner because of its speed, simple interface, flexibility with file formats, and powerful advanced features.
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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.
What's new in this version: Version 4.11 can create ZIP archives of practically any size; can create multivolume ZIP archives, which are also known as split ZIP files; adds the high precision file time support in ZIP archives; adds support for Unicode names stored in ZIP extra field data; supports "Synchronize archive contents" option; includes modifications of switch -ag behavior; includes changes in volume size input field and in "Predefined sizes" in "Define volume sizes" dialog; features new "Wipe files if password is ... See all new features
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"Excellent!!!"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 4.10
Pros
Fast compression and decompression, very easy functionality and reliability.
Cons
None that I know.
Summary
The best file compression utility.
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"it just keeps getting better"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 4.10
Pros
everting in plain sight on hiden extras totaly up fromt program `i run free trial at moment' like what i see.
Cons
not found anything too shocking yet!!
Summary
will and do recomend this program to any and all that will need it now or in the future, keep up the good work all of you.
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"It is the best RAR and unRAR even for Mac mode"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 4.10
Pros
It is the best RAR and unRAR even for Mac mode
Cons
It is the best RAR and unRAR even for Mac mode
Summary
It is the best RAR and unRAR even for Mac mode
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"Too Complicated-Hate it"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 4.10
Pros
Can unzip and unpack large files
Cons
Way too complicated to use. Not easy to understand. Doesn't explain it's functions very well.
Summary
If you are familiar with this type of tech, then get it, but if you are unfamiliar with what this is about then it is very difficult to understand.
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"It is the best RAR and unRAR even for Mac mode."
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 4.10
Pros
It is full of features and complete it seems! You can even put your own comment in it and have a password before you can see the comment or do anything to it. The password feature is pretty thorough as long as you make it hard to guess and lengthy.
Cons
Nothing that can be thought of.
Summary
If you are going to use this program for the Mac - please use Wineskin. As of this date Wineskin is free. You may have to figure out how to install it using Wineskin through a learning curve and it is worth it. You do not have to pay twice as long as you know how to navigate around the complex settings!
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"The best one out there"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 4.10
Pros
Opens pretty much everything. Is light, fast, no bugs, TONS of features.
Cons
Have to pay for it... but that's all I can think of.
Summary
I've been using WinRAR since forever...
The whole reason I stopped using AVG is because I got TONS of false positives.
Updated on Jan 26, 2012
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"Excellent!"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 4.10
Pros
Fast; efficient and friendly. It is a must have in this day and age!
Cons
With all the choices available in the program I wish the default unpack folder would be the same folder the .rar is in.
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"AVG Trojan/Backdoor Found."
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 4.10
Pros
Does what it says.
Cons
AVG 12 Found WanRAR.exe and other parts of the software as a known Trojan/Backdoor. I assume this is a false positive but not sure. Hopefully someone knows more about this.
Summary
Other then the AVG 12 scan finding this as a Trojan the program works great. Have to find out if it really is a Trojan or just a false positive before I use this software more.
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"need full vartion?"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 4.10
Pros
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Cons
thank you friends
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"Great Unzip Program!!!"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 4.10
Pros
Easy to use,Super Speed unzipped........for short this program is great!!!
Cons
not free.......only that...... :(
Summary
Great program but not free......
but i don't want to uninstall it.........
becos it usefull program....
Sorry for my bad english,im indonesian ^_^
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