Many people have asked me about an alternative to WINRAR and how to open .RAR files of files which they have downloaded from the Net. Although I think WinRAR is the Best. But these are good too. Do have a Look at them.
The Best WinRAR Freeware Alternatives : 1.) 7-Zip – Very advanced and good file archiver with a high compression ratio. It have largest compression ratio than any other archiving tool listed here! Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format. Download 7-Zip (840 kb) 2.) TUGZip – It’s an advanced archiving utility with an easy-to-use interface and support for a wide range of file formats. Comes with SFX-tool to create self-extracting archives and an additional scripting tool to simplify automated backups. Download TUGZip (4.00 Mb) 3.) IZArc – It’s an archiving tool supports many archive formats including .RAR and many other popular archive formats. IZArc can be configured to run your preferred Anti-Virus scanner when you open any archives. One of the most advanced free archive formats available! Download IZArc (3.55 Mb) 4.) ZipGenius – is the absolutely free software for Windows? that lets you compress files to almost any kind of archive. ZipGenius supports more than 20 compressed archive formats. Unfortunately, this archiver doesn’t support 7-Zip archive formats! Download ZipGenius (5.2 Mb) 5.) PeaZip – is an archiver tool that supports its native Pea archive format and other mainstream formats, with special focus on handling open formats. PeaZip doesn’t need to be installed/uninstalled, it can run from any path. It’s Open Source application with GPL license! Download PeaZip (3.73 Mb)