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PowerArchiver 2006 (v9.63)

Last updated
January 18, 2007

Reviewed by
Danny Allen

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Price when rated - $20
Design and usability - Very Good: 83 Ease of archive creation - Very Good Ease of archive extraction - Superior Documentation - Good
Performance - Superior: 90 Compressed test-file size - 87% Archive-creation speed - Very Good
Features - Very Good: 81 Supported archive-creation formats - .zip, .7z,.bz2, .cab, .lha/.lza, .gz, .tar, .bh, encoded files (uuencode, xxencode, yENC, BinHex, MIME) Supported archive-exctraction formats - .zip, .rar, .arj, .arc, .ace, .zoo, .7z, disc images (.iso, .bin, .img, .nrg), .bz2, .cab, .lha/.lza, .gz, .tar, .bh, encoded files (uuencode, xxencode, yENC, BinHex, MIME) Encryption options - AES-256, ZIP AES-256, Blowfish-128, Triple DES-128 Tool for searching within archives - Only within current archive Automated backups - Yes Help wizards - Only for creating self-extracting archives Command-line support - No Self-extracting executable creation - Yes Split-volume creation - Yes Integrated image preview - Yes Microsoft Office integration - No Integrated FTP capabilities - Yes Customizable interface/skin support - Yes Supported operating systems - Windows 95, 98/Me, NT, 2000, XP Multiple language versions available - Yes