WinRAR 3.00 Released!

Thanks to riven_uk for posting this info in our BPN forum and Rodney and PROGAME for emailing us.

WinRAR 3.00 has been officially released now that the beta testing process has been completed. WinRAR is shareware, a single user license costs USD 29.

What's New:

Console rar.exe executed from NT service is continuing to run after user's logoff
Encryption algorithm is changed to AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with 128 bit key length
"Wizard" command helps novice users to perform basic archive operations in simple, step by step mode. Just click on Wizard button on the toolbar and choosean operation which you want to perform
"Send archive by email" option in the "Files" part of archiving dialog. Your email program must support MAPI interface,otherwise this option will not work
WinRAR adds "Compress and email" item to Explorer context menu
"My Network Places" item is added to WinRAR address bar
WinRAR recognizes and processes TAR @LongLink records
WinRAR uses new visual styles of Windows XP controls