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WinRAR.exe

WinRAR by win.rar GmbH (Signed)

Remove WinRAR.exe
Version:   4.20.0
MD5:   fe1897800d8fca8579ccabc83a0ca181
SHA1:   f6d23857c34162e2f4f02e20daec9d26cc4d5937
SHA256:   4eba4d465f8f5df529f986f89c80b3ab93f6ab86a6da236d7b129fc0228af29a

What is WinRAR.exe?

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 WinRAR.exe (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

winrar.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is installed with a couple of know programs including WinRAR 4.20 (64-bit) published by win.rar GmbH, Compresor WinRAR from win.rar GmbH and Compresor WinRAR by win.rar GmbH. The file is digitally signed by win.rar GmbH which was issued by the COMODO CA Limited certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:winrar.exe
Publisher:Alexander Roshal
Product name:WinRAR
Description:WinRAR archiver
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\winrar\winrar.exe
File version:4.20.0
Size:1.17 MB (1,230,848 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:win.rar GmbH
Authority (CA):COMODO CA Limited
Expiration date:Sunday, June 14, 2015
Digital DNA
Entropy:6.415815
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
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WinRAR is a file archiver and data compression utility that supports RAR, and ZIP and can unpack ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, EXE and 7z compressed archives. Version 5 uses the RAR5 archive format that cannot be managed by old versions of WinRAR. This format features a maximum 1GB dictionary (only in 64bit version), better multicore support, it removes multimedia, text and itanium binaries special compression algorithms.

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  • WinRAR

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 28.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 24.00%
Microsoft Windows XP 9.00%
Windows 8.1 Pro 6.00%
Windows 8 Pro 5.50%
Windows 7 Professional 5.00%
Windows 8.1 4.50%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 2.50%
Windows 7 Home Basic 2.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 2.00%
Windows 8 Single Language 2.00%
Windows 8 1.50%
Windows 8 Enterprise 1.00%
Windows Vista Home Premium 1.00%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise 1.00%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 1.00%
Windows 8.1 N 0.50%
Windows 8 Enterprise N 0.50%
Windows Vista Home Basic 0.50%
Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation 0.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview 0.50%
23 other Windows OS version

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 22.11% of WinRAR.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 22.39%
ASUS 18.66%
Hewlett-Packard 11.57%
Acer 10.82%
Lenovo 9.70%
Toshiba 6.72%
Intel 5.22%
GIGABYTE 3.73%
Compaq 2.99%
Sony 2.24%
Samsung 1.87%
Alienware 1.49%
American Megatrends 1.12%
Gateway 0.75%
MSI 0.75%
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