Interface Themes, scan archives for viruses, print files from archives...
New in v3.8:
Support for ZIP archives containing Unicode file names in UTF-8 format, decompression support for WinZip AES-encrypted ZIP archives, improved Unicode support for RAR and ZIP archive names, "Ask before overwrite" and "Skip existing files" update modes now available in archiving dialog; various other minor enhancements and bug fixes for earlier releases; Release Notes - Last Updated: 07.10.08 (v3.80 Beta 3)
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New in v3.71:
Archive names in rar.log error log file always include the full path now, WinRAR tray icon now compatible with high DPI display modes; various other minor enhancements and bug fixes for earlier releases; Release Notes - Last Updated: 09.21.07 (v3.71)
Upgrade Meter:2
New in v3.70:
Numerous Windows Vista compatibility changes, support for ISO 13346 (UDF) file format, Unicode support for ISO 9660 files, design changes in window displaying archiving and extraction progress, GUI self-extracting modules now support following command line switches; various other minor enhancements and bug fixes for earlier releases; Release Notes - Last Updated: 05.30.07 (v3.70)
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New in v3.61:
Fix for bug in multithreaded text compression module, resolved a compatibility issue preventing WinRAR 3.60 to run in Windows 95; various other minor enhancements and bug fixes for earlier releases; Release Notes - Last Updated: 09.13.06 Upgrade Meter:2
New in v3.60:
Improved performance, decompression of LZH archives created with "-lh7-" algorithm, WinRAR "Rename" command also works with ZIP archives;
improved Unicode support in the folder tree panel (Beta 2); stack overflow vulnerability corrected in WinRAR module processing LZH archives (Beta 7); various other minor enhancements and bug fixes for earlier releases; Release Notes - Last Updated: 08.16.06 Upgrade Meter:4
New in v3.51:
Various bug fixes, security changes, and minor enhancements, including:
Fixes for two vulnerabilities that could be exploited with
specially crafted ACE and UUE/XXE archives
Fix for previous version not deleting some temporary files;
Fix for crash when processing very long (more than 1024 characters) archive name parameters in the command line
New in v3.50:
Support for interface themes (for changing WinRAR's look); decompression support for ZIP archives created using Zip64 format extension; support for multi-volume (multi-part) CAB archives; new advanced options in archiving dialog; various enhancements to SFX modules; various other bug fixes, security changes, and minor enhancements; Release Notes - Last Updated: 08.08.05 Upgrade Meter:4
New in v3.42:
A few bug fixes (buffer overflow bug in WinRAR GUI "Delete" command, lower compression ratio when adding new files to existing archive compared to v3.30, and one that would cause a crash when repairing a corrupt ZIP archive), various other minor enhancements and bug fixes; Release Notes - Last Updated: 12.29.04 Upgrade Meter:2
New in v3.40:
"Fastest" RAR compression method modified to provide much higher compression speed and lower ratio, ability to decompress .Z Unix 'compress'-ed archives,
ability to decompress 7-Zip (.7z) files, new security dialogs, various other enhancements and bug fixes; Release Notes - Last Updated: 09.15.04 Upgrade Meter:4
New in v3.30:
Ability to scan archives for viruses, benchmark and hardware test command, generate reports command, print file in archive command, support for decompression of ZIP archives created using "Enhanced deflate" method;
ability to decompress TAR, GZIP, and ISO9660 archives of any size (2GB and greater sizes now supported); Release Notes Upgrade Meter:5
Pros: Offers higher compression compared to competition and several useful convenience and reliability features
Cons: Slower than ZIP, must use RAR format to exploit most of the program's features, weak compression for ZIP files compared to WinZip's AES 128-bit encryption capabilities
