WinRAR 5.61 activation code Archives

Developer(s)	Eugene Roshal (developer), Alexander Roshal (distributor)[1][2]
Initial release	22&#;April ; 25&#;years ago&#;()
Stable release(s)[±]
Windows / June&#;29, ; 2&#;months ago&#;()[3] Android build93 / August&#;19, ; 26&#;days ago&#;()[4] Linux (command line only) / June&#;29, ; 2&#;months ago&#;()[5] FreeBSD (command line only) / June&#;29, ; 2&#;months ago&#;()[6] macOS (command line only) / June&#;29, ; 2&#;months ago&#;()[7]
Preview release(s)[±]
Written in	C++
Operating system	Windows XP and later
Platform	IA, x64
Size	~3 MB
Available in	48 languages[8]
Type	File archiver
License	Trialware (nagware for individual users)[9]
Website	www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com&#;

WinRAR is a trialwarefile archiver utility for Windows, developed by Eugene Roshal of www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com GmbH. It can create and view archives in RAR or ZIP file formats,^[10] and unpack numerous archive file formats. To enable the user to test the integrity of archives, WinRAR embeds CRC32 or BLAKE2checksums for each file in each archive. WinRAR supports creating encrypted, multi-part and self-extracting archives.

WinRAR is a Windows-only program. An Android application called "RAR for Android" is also available.^[11] Related programs include the command-line utilities "RAR" and "UNRAR"^[12] and versions for macOS,^[8]Linux, FreeBSD, Windows CE, and MS-DOS.

Evolution[edit]

WinRAR and the RAR file format have evolved over time. Support for the archive format RAR5, using the same RAR file extension as earlier versions, was added in version ;^[13] files in the older RAR file format have since been referred to as RAR4. WinRAR versions before do not support RAR5 archives;^[14] only older versions of WinRAR run on Windows versions prior to XP, and cannot open RAR5 archives.

The RAR5 file format increased the maximum dictionary size to 1 GB; 11 different compression directory sizes from 1 MB to 1 GB are available, with the default in version 5 increased from 4 MB to 32 MB, typically improving compression ratio. AES encryption, when used, is in CBC mode and was increased in strength from to bit. Maximum path length for files in RAR and ZIP archives is increased to characters.^[14]

Options added in v include bit BLAKE2 file-hashing algorithm instead of default bit CRC32, duplicate file detection, NTFS hard and symbolic links, and Quick Open record to allow large archives to be opened faster.^[14]

The RAR5 file format removed comments for each file (though archive comment still remains), authenticity verification, and specialized compression algorithms for text and multimedia files. RAR5 also changed the file name for split volumes from "www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com" to "www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com".^[14]

Features[edit]

• Creation of packed RAR or ZIP archives.
• Unpacking of ARJ, BZIP2, CAB, GZ, ISO, JAR, LHA, RAR, TAR, UUE, XZ, Z, ZIP, ZIPX, 7z, (split) archives, as well as EXE files containing these archive formats^[14][15]
• Checksum (integrity) verification for ARJ, BZIP2, CAB, GZ, BZIP2, RAR, XZ, ZIP and 7z archives
• Multithreaded CPU compression and decompression

When creating RAR archives:

• Support for maximum file size of 16&#;EiB, about × 10¹⁹ bytes or 18 million TB
• Compression dictionary from 1 MiB to 1 GiB (it is limited to MiB on bit editions of Windows, although bit Windows still can decompress archives with 1 GiB dictionary; default size is 32 MiB)^[14]
• Optional bit BLAKE2 file hash can replace default bit CRC32 file checksum^[14]
• Optional encryption using AES with a bit key^[16] in CBC mode, using key derivation function based on PBKDF2 using HMAC-SHA^[14]
• Optional data redundancy is provided in the form of Reed–Solomonrecovery records and recovery volumes, allowing reconstruction of damaged archives (including reconstruction of entirely missed volumes)
• Optional "quick open record" to open RAR files faster^[14]
• Ability to create multi-volume (split) archives^[17]
• Ability to create self-extracting files (multi-volume self-extracting archives are supported;^[17] the self-extractor can execute commands, such as running a specified program before or after self-extraction^[18])
• Support for advanced NTFS file system options, such as NTFS hard and symbolic links^[14]
• Support for maximum path length up to characters (stored in the UTF-8 format)^[14]
• Optional archive comment (stored in the UTF-8 format)^[14]
• Optional file time stamp preservation: creation, last access, high precision modification times
• Optional file deduplication

License[edit]

The software is distributed as "try before you buy"; it may be used without charge for 40 days.^[2] When the period expires, the non-enterprise functionalities remain available, a move intended to discourage piracy.^[9] In China, a free-to-use personal edition has been provided officially since ^[19]

Although archiving with the RAR format is proprietary, RARLAB supplies as copyrighted freeware the C++ source code of the current UnRAR unpacker, with a license allowing it to be used in any software, thus enabling others to produce software capable of unpacking, but not creating, RAR archives.^[20]

RAR for Android is free of charge. It displays advertisements; for a payment they can be disabled.^[11] A license for WinRAR does not provide ad-suppression for RAR for Android.

Security[edit]

In February , a major security vulnerability in the www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com library which is used by WinRAR to decompress ACE archives was discovered.^[21][22] Consequently, WinRAR dropped the support for the ACE format from version

Self-extracting archives created with versions before (including the executable installer of WinRAR itself) are vulnerable to DLL hijacking: they may load and use DLLs named www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com, RichEddll and RichEddll if they are in the same folder as the executable file.^[14][23]

It was widely reported that WinRAR v and earlier had a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability which could allow a remote attacker to insert malicious code into a self-extracting executable (SFX) file being created by a user, "putting over million users of the software at risk".^[24] However, examination of the claim revealed that, while the vulnerability existed, the result was merely an SFX which delivered its payload when executed; published responses dismissed the threat, one saying "If you can find suckers who will trust a .exe labelled as self-extracting archive then you can trick them into running your smuggled JavaScript".^[25][26]

History[edit]

Versions[edit]

• Command line RAR and UNRAR were first released in autumn ^[12]
• Early development version WinRAR b was released in as Windows 3.x software.
• (): the new RAR3archive format is implemented. The new archives cannot be managed by older versions of WinRAR.
• (): adds support for Linux .Z archives like GZIP and BZIP2. New options include storing entire file paths and restoring compressed NTFS files.
• (): adds support for interface skins and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.^[27]
• (): adds multithreaded version of the compression algorithm, which improves compression speed on systems with multiple dual-core or hyper-threading-enabled CPUs.
• (): adds support for ZIP archives, which contain Unicode file names in UTF^[28]
• (): adds support for the x architecture and Windows 7. Multithreaded support is enhanced.^[14]
• is the last release that supports Valencian.
• is the last release that supports Serbian Cyrillic and Serbian Latin.
• (): decompression is sped up by up to 30%. Windows 98, Windows ME, and Windows NT are no longer supported; the minimum Windows version required is Windows ^[14]
• (): removes all ZIP limitations now allowing unlimited number of files and archive size. WinRAR now also allows creation of multivolume ZIP files. ZIP archives now include Unicode file names.^[14]
• (): compression speed in SMP mode is increased significantly, but this improvement was made at the expense of increased memory usage. ZIP compression now uses SMP as well. The default SMP mode cannot handle text; text compression is significantly worse unless additional switches are used. Also, Windows compatibility was removed.^[14]
• (): the RAR5 archive format is implemented. RAR5 compressed archives cannot be managed by old versions of WinRAR. The RAR 5 format improves multi-core processor utilization, and adds a larger dictionary size of up to 1 GiB with bit WinRAR. Special optional compression algorithms optimized for RGB bitmaps, raw audio files, Itanium executables, and plain text, which were supported by earlier versions, are supported only in the older RAR format, not RAR5.^[14] Optional optimized compression of x86 executables and delta compression (for structured table data) are supported in both file formats.
• (): adds support for a master password which can be used to encrypt passwords stored in WinRAR. The default RAR format is changed to version 5. Adds support for decompressing Lzip archives; adds support for high precision file dates, longer file names and larger file sizes for TAR archives.^[14]
• (): repairing of protected RAR5 archives was improved. Automatic detection of the encoding of ZIP archive comments. Recognition of GZIP files with arbitrary preceding data as an actual GZIP archive.^[14]
• (): removes support for ACE archives decompression due to major security vulnerabilities^[29] in the www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com library.^[14]

Operating systems support[edit]

More recent versions do not support many older operating systems. Versions supporting older operating systems may still be available, but not maintained:

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Salomon, David (20 March ). Data Compression: The Complete Reference (4th ed.). London: Springer Science & Business Media. doi/ ISBN&#;. Retrieved 4 September
• Fellows, Geoffrey (1 October ). "WinRAR temporary folder artefacts". Digital Investigation: The International Journal of Digital Forensics & Incident Response. 7 (1–2): 9– doi/www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com ISSN&#; Retrieved 4 September
• Yeo, Gary S.-W.; Phan, Raphael C.-W. (8 March ). "On the security of the WinRAR encryption feature". International Journal of Information Security. Special issue on ISC' 5 (2): – doi/s ISSN&#; S2CID&#;
• Metz, Cade (). "File Compression Beyond ZIP". PC Magazine. 23 (20): ISSN&#;
• Qin, Jian-cheng; Bai, Zhong-ying (1 February ). "Design of new format for mass data compression". The Journal of China Universities of Posts and Telecommunications. 18 (1): – doi/S(10) ISSN&#; Retrieved 4 September
• Spanbauer, Scott (December ). "Forget Napster – Usenet Is Where the Files Are". PC World. 18 (12): ISSN&#;
• Allen, Danny (February ). "Compression Apps Do More Than Shrink Files". PC World. 25 (2): ISSN&#;
• Sanjuàs-Cuxart, J.; Barlet-Ros, P.; Solé-Pareta, J. (). "Measurement Based Analysis of One-Click File Hosting Services". Journal of Network and Systems Management. 20 (2): doi/s ISSN&#; S2CID&#;
• Jovanova, B.; Preda, M.; Preteux, F. O. (). "MPEG-4 Part A graphics compression framework for XML-based scene graph formats". Signal Processing: Image Communication. 24 (1–2): doi/www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com ISSN&#;
• Barr, K. C.; Asanović, K. (). "Energy-aware lossless data compression". ACM Transactions on Computer Systems. 24 (3): CiteSeerX&#; doi/ hdl/ ISSN&#; S2CID&#;

External links[edit]

How to register WinRAR on your computer

If you have not already done so, do go to our Buy Now page to license your copy of WinRAR or RAR. 
Just purchased WinRAR? Thank you, a fully updated copy of the following will be emailed to you along with your WinRAR license key.

After you have purchased your RAR or WinRAR license we will do our very best to send your license key file to your e-mail address within 2 working days of receiving your details and registration fee. Your key will be registered to the AV code you provided on the Cart/Checkout page, if none is provided we will use your business name, or for a personal license we wil use your name exactly as you entered it. 

Your WinRAR registration code is contained within the key file www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com that will be attached to your email from us.

If you have not already done so, you do need to download and install the latest version of WinRAR from here to install your copy of WinRAR. For other operating systems you do need to download their corresponding version of RAR from here.

If you are relatively new to WinRAR I know you will find my WinRAR How To - Starting eBook very useful for familiarising yourself with this very advanced application. It is the first in my "missing WinRAR Users Manual" series, available for just US$ from Amazon Kindle. The last chapter of which features the fully updated (and illustrated) Windows 7, 8 & version of the following information. Interested in checking it out? Then click the eBook image on the right for details.

To manually extract and install your WinRAR keyfile for Windows: 
Note: This method is out of date so is NOT recommended!

• If the "Please purchase …" window appears then close www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com check your registration is OK, open WinRAR (Start, All Programs, WinRAR) and click on the Help button (near the top of the WinRAR window), select About WinRAR and your AV code should appear under "Registered to".  

• Right click on www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com and from the WinRAR menu select: Extract to the Specified Folder.

• In its right hand panel double click on Desktop to highlight it and click OK. Nothing will change but your www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com has now been extracted and copied to your Desktop. 

• Now close the WinRAR window.

• Next hold down the Windows key (between the Ctrl and Alt keys on the left of most keyboards) and press "E" to open Windows Explorer (it will show "Computer" in the Address bar of the Explorer window). If the word Folders appears in the bottom of the left panel then click to expand it. 

• On that left panel double click on Local Disk (C:), click on the triangle to the left of /Program Files (or /Program Files (x86)/ for the bit version)  to show the subfolders below it.

• Now click on Desktop (near the top of the left panel). In the right panel you should be able to see an icon or file named www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com (or maybe just rareg) that you just extracted to the Desktop.

• On the left panel move it's slider bar down until you can see the WinRAR folder.

• Now click and select that www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com file from the right hand (Desktop) folder and move it across to the WinRAR folder. If a security window opens asking for permission, click Continue twice and it is done.

• (Note: If you mistakenly double click www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com it will give you an error message as it tries to copy it to the Windows Registry - just cancel the message and right click on it).

• Congratulations! Your copy of WinRAR on that computer is now registered, as your www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com file is in your /Program Files/WinRAR folder.

• To check your registration is OK, open WinRAR (Start, All Programs, WinRAR) and click on the Help button (near the top of the WinRAR window), select About WinRAR and your AV code should appear under "Registered to". * Sorry about these extra steps, but Windows 7 and Vista security will not allow us to extract files directly into the Program Files folder! 

To manually extract and install your WinRAR keyfile for Windows XP (and earlier):

• First you double click on the www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com attachment to this email, WinRAR will start up and you will see that www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com contains your www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com file.


• Right click on www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com and from the WinRAR menu select: Extract to the Specified Folder. 


• In the right hand panel double click on C: then on the + to the left of Program Files and move the slider bar down until you can see the WinRAR folder.


• Double click on your WinRAR folder and www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com will then be extracted and copied to your WinRAR directory. 


• Finally close the WinRAR window.


• Congratulations! Your copy of WinRAR on that computer is now registered, as your www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com file is in your /Program Files/WinRAR folder.


• To check your registration is OK, open WinRAR (Start, All Programs, WinRAR) and click on the Help button (near the top of the WinRAR window), select About WinRAR and your AV code should appear under "Registered to". 

Installing and using RAR on a Mac:

• The RAR Compression / Archive File Utility for Mac OS X is a command line interface only, it does not have a graphical interface (GUI).  

• To install RAR, you need to download the latest version of RAR OS X from here then transfer the "rar" and “unrar” files to your /bin folder. 

• You can then type "RAR

• For example, in order to compress/archive files or folders, use "RAR", to extract them, use "UnRAR"

• So you would use this syntax:
  

             ·    For full details on using the RAR command line syntax see the file www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com which is included in the RAR OS X download.

To extract your RAR keyfile for Mac OS X:

• To check your registration is OK, start RAR with no commands, your AV code should appear immediately below the RAR version and copyright notice.

To extract your RAR keyfile for other operating systems:

• To check your registration is OK, start RAR with no commands, your AV code should appear immediately below the RAR version and copyright notice.

Should you ever need to re-register but lost the AV code supplied to you, by www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com:

Should you ever lose your RAR or WinRAR AV registration code that has been purchased by you from this website it can be resent to you when you go to here to email us your full details via the form at the bottom of the page. After confirming you are in our registered WinRAR license database we will email your WinRAR license key as detailed above.  Note! If you did not purchase your registration key from www.spearpointsecuritygroup.com then you will need to request assistance from your supplier as we do not have access to any personal data from other WiNRAR sales sites!

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