KGB Archiver is a discontinued file archiver and data compression utility that employs the PAQ6 compression algorithm.[2] Written in Visual C++ by Tomasz Pawlak, KGB Archiver is designed to achieve a very high compression ratio. It has ten levels of compression, from very weak to maximum. However, at higher compression levels, the time required to compress a file increases significantly.[3] As a consequence, the program uses memory and CPU intensively.
 Screenshot of KGB Archiver 2.0 beta 2 | |
| Developer(s) | Tomasz Pawlak |
|---|---|
| Initial release | April 2006 |
| Repository | KGB Archiver Repository |
| Written in | Visual C++ |
| Operating system | Windows, Unix-like |
| Available in | English, Arabic, Czech, German, Greek, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, and Ukrainian[1] |
| Type | File archiver |
| License | GPL-2.0-only |
KGB Archiver is free and open-source, released under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Version 2 beta 2 is available for Microsoft Windows[3][2] and a command-line version of KGB Archiver 1.0 is available for Unix-like operating systems.
Features
edit- Native .kgb files and .zip files[3][2]
- AES-256 encryption[3][4][5]
- Creating self-extracting archives[3][4]
- Unicode support in both the user interface and file system interactions
- Shell extension for Windows[1]
System requirements
editThe minimum requirements for running KGB Archiver are:[3][4][5]
- 1.5 GHz processor
- 256 MB RAM
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Обзор небольших утилит. Август 2008" [Overview of small utilities. August 2008.]. iXBT.com (in Russian). August 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f Nitu, Cosmin (26 May 2006). "Great Compression Solution!". Softpedia. SoftNews NET.
- ^ a b c ""KGB Archiver" - Software Informer". Kgb-archiver.software.informer.com. 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
- ^ a b "Kgb Archiver – The Most Powerful Compression Tool". Genius Hackers. 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
External links
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