Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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rarext32.dll
WinRAR by win.rar GmbH (Signed)
| Version: | 4.20.0 |
| MD5: | 875f120cc6420faf0e669b28129ae32d |
| SHA1: | 39d38c88014e97e39539d956c23e7d34e56bdbf8 |
| SHA256: | 0dfa28de12e78f78bac45c9f0f8b337d49d83748013aabb42cb66e24a3510a9b |
What is rarext32.dll?
WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format.
About rarext32.dll (from win.rar GmbH)
“There is no better way to compress files for efficient and secure file transfer, faster e-mail transmission and well organized data storage. Over 500 million users world-wide make WinRAR the worlds's ”
Overview
rarext32.dll is loaded as dynamic link library that runs in the context of a process. It is installed with a couple of know programs including WinRAR 4.20 (64-bit) published by win.rar GmbH and WinRAR 4.20 (32-bit) published by win.rar GmbH. The file is digitally signed by win.rar GmbH which was issued by the COMODO CA Limited certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | rarext32.dll |
| Publisher: | Alexander Roshal |
| Product name: | WinRAR |
| Description: | WinRAR shell extension |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\winrar\rarext32.dll |
| Original name: | RarExt.dll |
| File version: | 4.20.0 |
| Size: | 176 KB (180,224 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | win.rar GmbH |
| Authority (CA): | COMODO CA Limited |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, June 14, 2015 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Since version 4.20 Compression speed in SMP mode has been increased significantly. ZIP compression now uses SMP as well. WinRAR is a shareware file archiver and data compression utility that is able to create RAR archives natively. WinRAR supports RAR (WinRAR native conversion format) and ZIP archives, and unpacking of ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, EXE, 7z, and Z archives.
Since version 4.20 Compression speed in SMP mode has been increased significantly. ZIP compression now uses SMP as well. WinRAR is a shareware file archiver and data compression utility that is able to create RAR archives natively. WinRAR supports RAR (WinRAR native conversion format) and ZIP archives, and unpacking of ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, EXE, 7z, and Z archives.
Behaviors
Context menu handlers
Located in '*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers'
- Name: 'WinRAR'
- Name: 'WinRAR32'
Approved shell extensions
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved'
- 'WinRAR shell extension' with CLSID {B41DB860-8EE4-11D2-9906-E49FADC173CA}
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
29.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
24.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
14.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
6.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
5.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
4.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
2.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
2.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 N |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro N |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 18.00% of WinRAR.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
22.75% |
|
| ASUS |
16.47% |
|
| Acer |
12.94% |
|
| Lenovo |
10.98% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
9.80% |
|
| Toshiba |
7.06% |
|
| Intel |
5.49% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
4.31% |
|
| Sony |
3.14% |
|
| MSI |
2.35% |
|
| Compaq |
1.57% |
|
| Samsung |
1.18% |
|
| Sahara |
0.78% |
|
| American Megatrends |
0.78% |
|
| Alienware |
0.39% |
|
