7-Zip is an open source file archiver with the high compression ratio predominantly for the Microsoft Windows operating system. It operates either as a command line program or with a graphical user interface. It also features integration with the Windows shell environment. 7-Zip is free software, developed by Igor Pavlov and distributed under the GNU LGPL license.
The main features of 7-Zip:
• High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
• Supported formats:
- Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
- Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
• For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
• Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
• Self-extracting capability for 7z format
• Integration with Windows Shell
• Powerful File Manager
• Powerful command line version
• Plugin for FAR Manager
• Localizations for 74 languages
Changes in 7-Zip 4.64 (January 2, 2009) for Windows:
- The bug in 7-Zip 4.63 was fixed: 7-Zip could not decrypt .ZIP archives encrypted with WinZip-AES method.
Homepage – http://www.7-zip.org
Download 7-Zip 4.64 Final (32-bit): http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/sevenzip/7z464.exe
Download 7-Zip 4.64 Final (64-bit): http://ovh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/sevenzip/7z464-x64.msi
Download 7-Zip 4.62 Portable: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/portableapps/7-Zip_Portable_4.62.paf.exe
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