Latest WinRAR updates

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WinRAR - What's new in the latest version

Version 7.11

1. If "Add to archive..." Explorer context menu command is applied to
multiple archives in the disk root, for example, d:\arc1.rar
and d:\arc2.rar, WinRAR will propose arc1_rar.rar default name
for a new archive. Previous version proposed arc1.rar, updating one
of selected archives instead of creating a new one.

2. Bugs fixed:

a) WinRAR 7.10 failed to update solid archives containing a folder
record placed before a file record. It issued the checksum error
message and aborted processing.

As a result of this fix, this version preserves the original position
of such folders after updating and doesn't move them to the end
of archive as WinRAR 7.10 did;

b) when extracting a file from CAB archive over an existing file,
existing files were overwritten, but not truncated.
So if existing file was larger than extracted, existing file data
had been left at the end of the extracted file;

c) if SFX module from "Advanced SFX options" dialog was stored
in the compression profile, it was applied as is, even if archive
format was changed after selecting the profile. It could result
in SFX module mismatching the archive format;

d) choosing a value in bytes from drop down list associated
with archive dialog "Split to volumes, size" field didn't set
units to bytes automatically;

e) if SFX "TextDone" command was used together with "Silent"
and "TempMode" commands, the completion message was sometimes
displayed behind other opened windows;

f) if symlink pointing at an executable was started from WinRAR shell,
the executable Mark of the Web data was ignored. We are thankful
to Shimamine Taihei of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc
for reporting this issue.

@Wolfzz

.rar files were usually a source of malware etc -- particularly from any sort of torrent site. 7Z is far better for anything these days (free) - especially if you rarely or if ever use .rar files. If on the very rare occasions I need to extract a .rar file I simply boot up any live Linux distro (or even gparted which has a command line) and use the linux unrar command. Note also linux can read /write ntfs files so you can unrar directly to your windows data file area e.g C:/ user/downloads.

cheers
jimbo

Jimbo, that is not a RAR issue, but a file source issue. WinRAR is quite good and I like the UI much more than the archaic 7-Zip one. WinRAR also has features most archivers don't have, like batch processing of multiple archives.

jimbo45 said:

.rar files were usually a source of malware etc -- particularly from any sort of torrent site.

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Not a rar issue - download shady sh!t, expect shady sh!t.

.rar .zip .anyarchive are just containers. As John & SlicE mention, if you’re downloading questionable material, it’s the content of the container, not the container.