Winzip

Winzip

WinZip is a shareware file archiver and compressor for Windows, OS X, iOS and Android developed by WinZip Computing (formerly Nico Mak Computing). By default, WinZip creates archives in Zip file format but also has various levels of support for other archive formats.

Features:

Creation of, addition to, and extraction from ZIP archives. Configurable Microsoft Windows Shell integration Direct write of ZIP archives to CD/DVD Decoding of .b64, .hqx, .uue formats. Automation of backup jobs Integrated FTP upload Email ZIP archives Decompression of following archive formats: .bz2, .rar, LHA/LZH (native in 11.2), 7z (12.0). Support for ARC and ARJ archives if suitable external programs are installed.[3]

Supported .ZIP archive features

128- and 256-bit key AES encryption[4] in addition to the less secure PKZIP 2.0 encryption method used in earlier versions. The AES implementation, using Brian Gladman's code, was FIPS-197 certified, on March 27, 2003.[5] However, Central Directory Encryption feature is not supported.[6] Beginning with WinZip 9.0, ZIP64 archives are supported, eliminating both the maximum limit of 65,535 members for single archive and the 4-gibibyte size limit on either the archive and each member file. Support of additional compression methods: bzip2 (9.0), PPMd (10.0), WavPack (11.0), LZMA (12.0), JPEG (12.0). Unicode support to ensure international characters are displayed for filenames in a Zip file. (WinZip prior to 11.2 does not support Unicode characters in filenames. Attempting to add these files to an archive results in the error message "Warning: Could not open for reading

WinZip-Based Services

ZipSend: ZipSend is a file delivery service. On October 25, 2011, YouSendIt, Inc. announced it would partner with WinZip Computing to use YouSendIt's platform to power the delivery service. ZipShare: A Facebook app