WinRAR?

dig 222 · Post by **dig 222** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 7:22 pm

So, a while back a problem came up and I was forced to format
my computer, and I lost most of my stuff.
One of the programs I still haven't re-downloaded yet is WinRAR,
and supposedly a lot of the websites (Including rarlab, apparently.)
that you can download it from contain viruses, anyone know a safe website I can download it from?

Koopson44 · Post by **Koopson44** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 7:36 pm

dig 222 wrote:So, a while back a problem came up and I was forced to format
my computer, and I lost most of my stuff.
One of the programs I still haven't re-downloaded yet is WinRAR,
and supposedly a lot of the websites (Including rarlab, apparently.)
that you can download it from contain viruses, anyone know a safe website I can download it from?

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You could get 7zip thats what i use.

jdl · Post by **jdl** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:13 pm

Koopson44 wrote:
dig 222 wrote:So, a while back a problem came up and I was forced to format
my computer, and I lost most of my stuff.
One of the programs I still haven't re-downloaded yet is WinRAR,
and supposedly a lot of the websites (Including rarlab, apparently.)
that you can download it from contain viruses, anyone know a safe website I can download it from?
\

You could get 7zip thats what i use.

Yeah, I really recommend getting 7zip. It's better than Winrar in my opinion.

Muzozavr · Post by **Muzozavr** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:17 pm

Rarlab is safe. There's one WinRar site that does contain malware, but it's not Rarlab.

You can also receive false positives because WinRar's installer is packed and some antivirus software hates that specific kind of packing. That's not a sign of any problems.

7zip is a nice alternative, very slightly slower (AFAIK) but has cool extra features to make up for the insignificant speed loss.

MyNameIsKooky · Post by **MyNameIsKooky** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:54 pm

ADVANTAGES OF WINRAR
- ZIP THINGS
- RAR THINGS
- ZIP ZOOOSH ZOSH
- ULTIMATE ZIP
- DELUXE ZIPPING
- EXTRA EDITION ZIPPING
- FREE TRIAL ACTUALLY LASTS FOREVER
- HAVING A FREE TRIAL IS PRETTY GOOD
- TRAISL
- TRIALS
- FREE TRIALS
- NOT PAID TRIALS, BUT free TRIALS OH MY LORD
- ITS NAME STARTS WITH W
- STARTING WORDS WITH LETTERS IS BETTER THAN STARTING WORDS WITH NUMBERS
- HOW TO BECOME ZIPPED IN 0 STEPS
- A RAR FILE IS ONLY A LEVEL 1 ENEMY
- FREE COOL-AID
- FEELS GOOD ON MY TONGUE
- HAS A WINDOW
- CAN BE USED
- CAN BE USED FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES
- HAS MANY BUTTONS
- SMELLS NICE

ADVANTAGES OF 7ZIP
- ZIP THINGS
- ZIP MANY THINGS
- ZIP EXACTLY 7 THINGS, NO MORE, NO LESS
- CREATES 7Z ARCHIVES THAT YOU NEED 7ZIP TO OPEN WHICH IS STUPID
- THIS IS STUPID
- YOU'RE STUPID
- WOW
- WORLD OF WARCRAFT MAPS CAN SUPPORT UP TO 16 PLAYERS AT ONCE. YES, I MADE THAT UP.
- BIRDS MIGRATE NORTH TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CHANGE IN SEASONS.
- THERE ARE LOTS OF STONES OUTSIDE. GO FIND THEM.
- DON'T TAKE DRUGS, KIDS. THEY'RE BAD FOR YOU... DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR DEFINITION OF "BAD" IS.
- NNNNNNNNNNNNNN GHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHN
- YOU WILL BE OVER SOON
- I'M COMING FOR YOU
- I AM ABOUT TO BE BEHIND YOU
- I'M BEHIND YOU
- NOW I'M NOT
- GOODBYE

samuelthx · Post by **samuelthx** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 5:06 am

I recommend 7-Zip too. It's free and open source. Apparently its compression ratio is better, too.
Also .7z archives can be set to auto extract.

MyNameIsKooky wrote:ASDFGHJKL

The end draws near.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 3:51 pm

WinRar has a never-ending trial.

samuelthx · Post by **samuelthx** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 4:06 pm

tyteen4a03 wrote:WinRar has a never-ending trial.

But free > never-ending trial.

I guess it's just that I don't like using WinRar because it makes me feel bad whenever the "evaluative pop up" comes out.

Jutomi · Post by **Jutomi** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 4:50 pm

I just picked something that let me zip stuff.

Unfortunately, the one I got it did end up downloading 1k viruses and 2-3 software planners onto my computer, but...

That happens, sometimes. ,_,

samuelthx · Post by **samuelthx** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 1:23 pm

Jutomi wrote:I just picked something that let me zip stuff.

Unfortunately, the one I got it did end up downloading 1k viruses and 2-3 software planners onto my computer, but...

That happens, sometimes. ,_,

You really seem to have an affinity with viruses

Jutomi · Post by **Jutomi** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 3:32 pm

Not as much as MiToJu...

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