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Why are you still using WinRAR when this open-source alternative is so much better?

WinRAR is pretty good, but 7-Zip is better.

Update this popular Windows tool to avoid potential malware attacks

WinRAR has been downloaded hundreds of millions of times on Windows PCs, and if you're one of those users, you need to update ...
Houston Chronicle

How to Unzip a File Using Winrar

Sometimes a client or colleague needs to send you large files. One common way to handle large files is to compress them into a ZIP package to make the file size more reasonable for transmission over ...
TweakTown

WinRAR users update ASAP to fix security vulnerability that exposes PCs to hackers

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Security researchers have discovered a security vulnerability within the popular compression software WinRAR, which leaves PCs exposed to hackers. A new ...
Lifehacker

Update WinRAR on Your PC Right Now

March 16, 2019 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Last month a 19-year-old bug was discovered in WinRAR, the software many PC users use to extract .zip and other ...
PC World

Update WinRAR now! This security flaw leaves your PC exposed to malware

If you’re still using WinRAR, you should update to version 7.12 as soon as possible. A vulnerability labeled CVE-2025-6218 was recently discovered in older versions of the popular Windows file ...
TechSpot

If you haven't updated WinRAR in the past few weeks, do so now

PSA: If your WinRAR installation is older than version 6.23, released in August, you should update the software as soon as possible. The latest version patches a vulnerability that has been known for ...
TweakTown

WinRAR version 6.23 patches up a very serious security flaw, so make sure you update now

The latest version of the shareware app patches a rather significant security flaw dubbed CVE-2023-40477, allowing hackers to access memory beyond the allocated buffer. The flaw would give hackers ...
PC Magazine

Serious WinRAR Flaw Can Be Exploited to Launch Malware

Popular archiving tool WinRAR has patched a serious flaw that could be exploited to launch malware on a user’s PC. Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, a bug bounty program, disclosed the vulnerability ...
Bleeping Computer

Details emerge on WinRAR zero-day attacks that infected PCs with malware

Researchers have released a report detailing how a recent WinRAR path traversal vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-8088 was exploited in zero-day attacks by the Russian 'RomCom' hacking group to drop ...
Bleeping Computer

WinRAR zero-day exploited since April to hack trading accounts

A WinRar zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-38831 was actively exploited to install malware when clicking on harmless files in an archive, allowing the hackers to breach online cryptocurrency ...
Ars Technica

WinRAR 0-day that uses poisoned JPG and TXT files under exploit since April

A newly discovered zero-day in the widely used WinRAR file-compression program has been exploited for four months by unknown attackers who are using it to install malware when targets open ...