PKZIP
Version: 9
Downloads Count: 62,526
License Type: Trial
Price: $30
Date Added: Sep 29, 2006
Operating Systems: Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP
File Size: 8286 KB
Author: PKWare, Inc.
- WinZip 678,967
- FreeZip 462,427
- WinRAR 156,007
- Advanced ZIP Password Recovery 87,944
- ZipCentral 70,775
Editor's Review of PKZIP
PKZip sports a polished, uncluttered, drag-and-drop interface for basic archiving operations, and extensive integration into Windows Explorer's context menus.
The program stacks up well against Winzip in its ability to compress and e-mail files in a couple of clicks and integrate with third-party antivirus scanners. In addition, PKZip can create and extract files from many of the most common archive types. The program also offers 128-, 192-, and 256-bit AES encryption to keep your archives private from all but the most determined snoops, and lets you digitally sign them to certify that they are actually from you.
On the down side, it lacks Winzip's backup capabilities and it can't create self-extracting archives.
--Scott Spanbauer
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