IZarc a free alternative to WinZip
IZarc is a freeware, file archiving utility running on Windows platform, matching in performance with WinZip. It is easy to use and provide the users with powerful features and tools, such as, multiple archives spanning disks, creating self-extracting archives, repair damaged zip archives, converting from one archive type to another, a built in Multilanguage support and is fully compatible with Windows Vista.
It supports various archive formats: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO. It’s very useful when opening emails having unusual files archive attached with.
IZarc also supports a 256-bit AES encryption feature for creation password protected contents and it can be configured with your Anti-Virus when opening files(safely open emails).
IZarc interface:
Conclusion:
IZarc can be considered as a complete archiving utility and the fact that is free; it’s worth giving it a try.
Link for download:
http://www.izarc.org/