As an essential compression utility for computers, I had always been using HaoZip from 2345. I used to think HaoZip was better than software such as WinRAR, 7Z, and KuaiZip; after all, many so-called cracked versions of WinRAR and similar software pose security risks.
I chose HaoZip because it was backed by 2345's official website, and I used it without issue for several years. However, HaoZip's recent updates made me feel disgusted: automatically displaying pop-up windows at startup, forcibly changing the browser's default homepage, and automatically installing updates in the background. All of these violate the user agreement, so I had no choice but to give up HaoZip and start looking for a replacement.
Bandizip
It has an exceptionally clean interface with no annoying ads, and compared with many other compression utilities, it also offers numerous user-friendly features.
I wonder whether the name of this software seems a little familiar to you.
The company that developed this software is called Bandisoft, a relatively low-profile South Korean software company. It was the original developer of the well-known screen-recording software Bandicam (development was later taken over by Bandicam Company).
Main Features
- Supported operating systems: Windows Vista/7/8/10
- License: Freeware (EULA)
- Complete compression/decompression/browsing/editing applications
- Extracts more than 30 formats, including: RAR/RAR5/7Z/ZIP
- Compress archive files using passwords and multiple volumes
- Uses multiple cores for fast compression
Compression
- Supported formats: ZIP, 7Z (lzma2), ZIPX (xz), EXE (sfx), TAR, TGZ, LZH (lh7), ISO (joliet), GZ, XZ
- Modify ZIP files (add/delete/rename)
- Compression speeds of up to 6 times faster using multiple cores
- Create encrypted archive files
- Supports the AES256 encryption algorithm
- Supports compressing files larger than 4GB
- Unicode or MBCS file names in ZIP format
- Create multi-volume archives in ZIP/7z format
Decompression
- Supported formats: 7Z, ACE, AES, ALZ, ARJ, BH, BIN, BZ, BZ2, CAB, Compound (MSI), EGG, GZ, IMG, ISO, ISZ, LHA, LZ, LZH, LZMA, PMA, RAR, RAR5, SFX (EXE), TAR, TBZ, TBZ2, TGZ, TLZ, TXZ, UDF, WIM, XPI, XZ, Z, ZIP, ZIPX, ZPAQ
- Easily view archive file lists
- Extract only selected files; drag and drop is also supported
- Archive comments are available for ZIP and RAR formats
- One-stop extraction of files in TGZ/TBZ formats
Various Features
- Determine whether an archive is damaged by testing its file integrity
- Supports changing the code page
- Explorer shell integration and archive preview
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