What's A Rar...

[GullyFoyle]

I think its a compressed file (like a zip), but Winzip won't open it. Is it "WinRar" that I should use? If so, the last five I d/l from Kazaa all had viruses (virii?) - is there a virus-free version available somewhere?

Thanks.

[Tyke]

Nope, winzip won't do.

WinRAR is what you need. Easy to use, just right click on the compressed file (winRAR archive) or in the case of multi-part files, hold down ctrl and highlight all parts of the file, then right-click and choose "extract files". WinRAR will then create a new folder and extract all the compressed files there. Easy as that

get winRAR from http://www.rarlab.com/ (get the trial version, it's free and will suffice for your needs - and it should be virus-free from the official source )

[Rocktron]

Or use WinAce! That one opens them all!

[Tyke]

^^that too