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🛠 Developer Descriptions
WinRAR is more than just a utility tool that can compress and extract files. You can create archives in RAR, RAR5, ZIP formats, encrypt files, and much more. With everything it can do, it’s a surprisingly easy-to-use, intuitive program that doesn’t require any technical knowledge whatsoever. The download is free and the only thing you’ll need to know is whether you need the 32-bit or 64-bit version. (If you don’t know, I’ll show you how to check down below.)
✍ Key Software Details
- Full control over RAR and ZIP archives, and unpacking a dozen other archive formats.
- Compatible with Windows 10, available in over 50 languages, and in both 32-bit and 64-bit.
- Supports all popular compression formats (RAR, ZIP, CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZip, UUE, ISO, BZIP2, Z, and 7-Zip).
- HTTPS instead of HTTP in the web notifier window, home page, and themes links.
- Additional checks within the web notifier to prevent malicious web pages from executing existing files on a user’s computer.
- Detailed error information provided by the operating system in SFX archives.
- Ability to save the last folder of the previous drive and restore it if that drive is selected again later.
- Inclusion of unpacking file name into WinRAR incorrect password warning for RAR5 archives.
🔍 Review
The WinRAR 64-bit has an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5, based on 192 user votes on CNET. This indicates that the majority of users are satisfied with the software. The software was last updated on November 25, 2021, and the current version is 6.02. It is available on Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows XP. There have been a total of 31,241,380 downloads.
👍 Pros
- Supports a wide range of compression formats.
- Available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
- Compatible with several operating systems.
- Implements additional security checks to prevent attacks.
- Provides detailed error information for troubleshooting.
👎 Cons
- One potential drawback could be the complexity of some features for novice users.
- The current version has 1 flag on VirusTotal, which may raise security concerns for some users.
