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Should I remove WinRAR 32-bit?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
1% remove it99% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
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How common is it?
Global Rank #1,510
United States Rank #3,309
Reach 0.4519%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 14.59 days
430.32 days >
Average installed length: 226.10 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
4.00.0 100.00%

WinRAR 4.00 32-bit

What is WinRAR 32-bit?

Version 4.00 speeds up decompression by up to 30%. Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows NT are no longer supported; the minimum Windows version required is Windows 2000. WinRAR is a shareware file archiver and data compression utility that is able to create RAR archives natively. WinRAR supports RAR (WinRAR native conversion format) and ZIP archives, and unpacking of ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, EXE, 7z, and Z archives.

About  (from win.rar GmbH)

WinRAR is a 32-bit Window version of RAR Archiver, the powerful archiver and archive manager. WinRAR's main features are very strong general and multimedia compression, solid compression, archive protection from damage, processing of ZIP and other non-RAR archives, scanning archives for viruses, programmable self-extra...  Read more

Overview

A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. When installed, it will add a context menu handler to the Windows shell in order to provide quick access to the program. The main program executable is winrar.exe. The software installer includes 53 files and is usually about 3.76 MB (3,939,076 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.rarlab.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 3.76 MB

Program filesFiles installed by WinRAR 4.00 32-bit

Program executable:winrar.exe
Name:WinRAR
WinRAR archiver
Path:C:\Program Files\winrar\winrar.exe
MD5:c464ce70a57da04861a29015814e0dd1
WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format.
Additional files:
  • Uninstall.exe (by RapidRisers) - WinRAR Corporate (Uninstall WinRAR)
  • Rar.exe (by Alexander Roshal) - WinRAR (Command line RAR)
  • rarext.dll (by Alexander Roshal) - WinRAR shell extension
  • RarExt64.dll
  • RarExtLoader.exe - 32 bit rarext.dll loader
  • UnRAR.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Autoplay Handler
  • Rar.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler named 'iTunesShowSongsOnArrival' with the ProgID of 'iTunes.ShowSongsOnCD' and the action verb 'showsongs.
2 Context Menu Handlers
  • RarExt.dll added to Windows Explorer under the name 'WinRAR32' with a class of {B41DB860-8EE4-11D2-9906-E49FADC173CA}.
  • RarExt64.dll added to Windows Explorer under the name 'WinRAR' with a class of {B41DB860-64E4-11D2-9906-E49FADC173CA}.
3 Scheduled Tasks
  • WinRAR.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{FDFC2FB1-4D09-4265-99CD-251B93A39034}' (runs on registration).
  • UnRAR.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{8FE242A8-3EC1-44B9-B206-024F577B94F6}' (runs on registration).
  • Uninstall.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{458CC297-ADAC-4CF4-B2A2-BA817B4A6D84}' (runs on registration).
4 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
  • WinRAR.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe'.
  • RarExtLoader.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\WinRAR\RarExtLoader.exe'.
  • UnRAR.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\WinRAR\UnRAR.exe'.
  • Rar.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\WinRAR\Rar.exe'.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

WinRAR.exe
Memory:7.41 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0271479483%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.01770178%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00944617%
0.015104% average
Switches/sec:15
70 average
I/O reads/min:1.24 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:681 Bytes
105.02 KB average

How do I remove WinRAR 32-bit?

You can uninstall WinRAR 32-bit from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program WinRAR 4.00 (32-bit), click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove WinRAR 32-bit.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 58%
Win 7 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 1%
Keep it 99%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#1,510

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 71.27%
Windows XP 12.29%
Windows 10 11.24%
Windows Vista 5.18%
Windows Server 2003 0.01%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 34.08%
Windows 7 Home Premium 19.84%
Microsoft Windows XP 12.16%
Windows 7 Professional 11.60%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 3.79%
Windows 7 Starter 2.24%

Distribution by countryGeography

20.82% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 20.82%
  Iran 6.06%
  India 5.07%
  Brazil 4.83%
  Germany 4.11%
  Italy 3.76%
  United Kingdom 3.51%
  Netherlands 2.88%
  Spain 2.44%
  France 2.11%
  Canada 1.98%
  Turkey 1.98%
  Mexico 1.87%
  Israel 1.64%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 23.39%
Dell 21.20%
Acer 19.73%
GIGABYTE 10.96%
ASUS 7.00%
Toshiba 4.89%
Samsung 3.48%
Lenovo 3.30%
Intel 3.00%
American Megatrends 1.89%
Sahara 1.16%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 6.65%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.18%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.12%
Dell Inspiron 1545 2.83%
Dell Inspiron N5010 2.83%
HP G62 Notebook PC 2.66%

About win.rar GmbH

Alexander Roshal's WinRAR is a file archiver and data compression utility and is available as a shareware for most Wndows versions.
Publisher URL: www.ralabs.com

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