WinRAR - Newsletter 5/2004
Issue: June 22, 2004

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This newsletter contains the following topics:

1. WinRAR 3.40 beta 1 Released!
2. What is a beta version?
3. How to upgrade your old version?

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1. WinRAR 3.40 beta 1 Released!

win.rar GmbH and rarlab.com are proud to announce the first beta version of the new WinRAR 3.40.

The new WinRAR 3.40 now offers even more new innovative features!
Of course, as always, the upgrade to 3.40 is absolutely free to all registered users!

** Highlights of the 3.40 beta 1 release:

"Fastest" RAR compression method even faster!

"Fastest" (-m1) RAR compression method has been modified
to provide much higher compression speed and lower ratio.
It may be useful for tasks requiring the high speed like
regular backups.

WinRAR can now decompress .Z files!

WinRAR is able to decompress archives created by Unix 'compress'
tool (.Z files). Like GZIP and BZIP2 archives, WinRAR opens
tar.Z and .taz files in one step, so users do not need to
unpack .tar manually

WinRAR can now decompress 7-Zip files!

WinRAR is able to decompress archives created by 7-Zip
(.7z files).

WinRAR 3.40 offers increased virus protection!

New "Security" dialog in WinRAR settings:

a) "File types to exclude from extracting" option to prevent
extracting of potentially dangerous files like .exe, .scr
and .pif;

b) "Propose to select virus scanner" option modifies behavior
of "Scan archive for viruses" command. You may turn it off
if you wish to skip the virus scanner selection dialog.

These are just some of the features that were added or improved. More
information on all the 16 improved items can be found here
http://www.win-rar.com/whatsnew.html. 
Be the first to download the trial version at
www.win-rar.com/index.php

Of course Pocket RAR and the command line versions of RAR were also
improved and are now available as version 3.40 beta 1.

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2. What is a beta version?

A beta version, as opposed to a final version, is software that is
undergoing its final stages in testing. We release beta versions to our
customers so that the final set of bugs can be found and eliminated
from WinRAR.

More detailed infos can be found here:
http://www.win-rar.com/download.html
(Please press the "What is a beta version?" link)

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3. How to upgrade your old WinRAR version?

Upgrading is quick and easy. Users only need to download WinRAR 3.40 beta 1
at http://www.win-rar.com/download.html and install the newest
version of WinRAR to continue using the best compression tool around!
Please close all open WinRAR archives and exit WinRAR before installing.
No complicated uninstalling of the previous version is necessary.

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