

WinRAR uses https instead of http in the web notifier window, home page and themes links. We are thankful to Jacob Thompson - Mandiant Advantage Labs for reporting this issue.Ģ. We already prohibited extracting contents of such malformed archives in WinRAR 6.01. It is done to prevent possible attacks with inclusion of ZIP archive into the signature body. ZIP SFX module refuses to process SFX commands stored in archive comment if such comment is resided after beginning of Authenticode digital signature. Note this is the 64-bit version of WinRAR.1.

The release notes explain that the "authenticity verification feature did not provide the required level of reliability and was removed", for example. There's new extraction-only support for XZ archives.Īnd a few features have been dropped. Of course, as the format is brand new it's not yet supported by other tools, but you can also create regular RAR files if you need to share them with others.Įlsewhere, the maximum path in regular RAR and ZIP archives has been increased to 2048 characters. This increases the default and maximum compression dictionary sizes, is easier to recover if the archive is damaged, and now supports AES-256 encryption, amongst other tweaks. The latest release extends this with the addition of a new RAR 5.0 format. You're able to create self-extracting archives with ease, and if you ever encounter a damaged or corrupted archive then the program's recovery options may be able to reconstruct it. You can work in multiple ways, including a simple Wizard mode, a more capable graphical interface, even the command line. The program can open a lengthy list of archive file types, for instance: RAR, ZIP, 7-ZIP, ACE, ARJ, BZ2, CAB, GZip, ISO, JAR, LZH, TAR, UUE and Z. WinRAR is a powerful archiving tool which comes packed with essential functionality.
