RAR FAQ: Standard RAR Files

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Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about standard RAR files:

• What is a RAR file?
• What is the difference between RAR files, RAR archives and RAR volumes?
• Do you have a simple example standard RAR archive that I can use for testing?
• How can I open standard RAR files for free?
• Where do I find the files I have extracted?
• How can I create standard RAR files for free?
• From whence does one get a password?
• How can I unpack a ".part7.rar" RAR file?
• Why does my antivirus software call this RAR file 'decompression bomb'?
• What does that RAR file Zugriffsverletzung-message say?
• Is there a way to fix a standard RAR file?

1. A RAR file is an archive containing other files in compressed state.
2. For many reasons, a RAR file can be splitted into lots of parts. Learn more in the multipart RAR files section of this FAQ.
3. A RAR file can additionally be encrypted and protected by a password. Read more on password protection in the protected RAR files section of this FAQ.
4. BE CAREFUL: Sometimes RAR files are used for phishing. Learn more in the phishing RAR files section of this FAQ.
5. Sometimes a RAR file can be damaged and corrupted. Please take a look at the corrupted RAR files section of this FAQ to learn more.

1. This is easy: There is no difference. It's all the same.
2. RAR files are also sometimes called RAR archives, RAR documents, RAR packages or just RARs. But still: It's all the same: A file that contains one or more other files in compressed state.

1. Yes, there is a small example file: example.rar.
2. The file is as simple as possible: it is neither splitted nor password protected and it contains only one file.

1. There are lots of free programs that can open RAR files, e.g. RarZilla or Free RAR Extract Frog.
2. Simply install one of the above freeware programs and double-click the RAR files.
3. Congratulations. That's it. :-)

1. By default the files are extracted to the folder that the .rar-file is in.
2. If you have defined a default output folder, the files are extracted to that folder.

1. Sorry, that's impossible.
2. The only program on the whole planet that can create RAR files is WinRAR - and unfortunately it is not free.

1. You do not need a password to use your unrar software - except the compressed file is protected by a password, then your extractor asks you to enter that password.
2. Read more on password protection in the protected RAR files section of this FAQ.
3. BE CAREFUL: Sometimes RAR files are used for phishing. Learn more in the phishing RAR files section of this FAQ.

1. A ".part7.rar" RAR file is a part of a splitted RAR file which you can not unpack without the other parts.
2. Learn more in the multipart RAR files section of this FAQ.

1. First of all: Antivirus software is sometimes helpful, but very often it only makes people go crazy, because it throws false alarms and scary messages. This is not a virus. This is not a terrorist attack. Your computer will not explode.
2. A 'decompression bomb' is a compressed file that is compressed very well. Years ago one would have said: "Well compressed - what a good compression algorithm!" Today antivirus people make everything to appear as the end of the world - that's how they make money. Don't fall for it. In most cases the 'decompression bomb' will simply be a well compressed file, containing BMP images for instance. BUT: In some really really rare cases the file can be manufactured to flood your hard drive with data, e.g. a 90KB file that extracts to 600GB, but even then it should rather be called 'decompression data flood', because nothing will explode at all.
3. RAR files can be really dangerous if they are used for phishing - and that is something your antivirus software won't warn you of. Learn more in the phishing RAR files section of this FAQ.

1. It says that your RAR file killed the unrar dynamic link library (DLL) that the extractor uses to decompress the RAR archive.
2. Sometimes a RAR file can be damaged and corrupted. Please take a look at the corrupted RAR files section of this FAQ to learn more.

1. There are lots of programs out there that promise to do so.
2. BUT: There really is no program that can fix CORRUPTED rar files. Please take a look at the corrupted RAR files section of this FAQ to learn more.

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