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WinRAR has become a top software in the field of file compression and archiving, giving users dependable and practical solutions to their problems. Its Solid Archive is one of its many noteworthy ...

If you're running an old version of WinRAR, it's a good time to patch. Hackers appear to be exploiting a serious bug in the file utility software by spreading secretly rigged file archives that ...

A recently fixed WinRAR vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-8088 was exploited as a zero-day in phishing attacks to install the RomCom malware. The flaw is a directory traversal vulnerability that was ...

The big picture: Despite being marketed as "trialware" software, WinRAR remains one of the most popular programs for file archiving tasks. Should a significant security flaw be found, Rarlab's tool ...

File compression programs, such as WinRAR, enable you to reduce the size of files, which make it easier to email or store these archives. If the files or documents that you have archived are sensitive ...

Unfortunately, WinRAR doesn’t have an auto-update feature, so users will need to download and install the new version manually to fix this 'high' severity flaw. If you use WinRAR, it’s time to update.

If you use WinRAR, it’s time to update. The file-archiving utility has patched a serious vulnerability that can be exploited to launch malware from a booby-trapped RAR file. After a user reported the ...