KGB Archiver

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KGB Archiver
KGB Archiver screenshot
Developer:	Tomasz Pawlak
Latest release:	1.2.1.24 / November 1, 2006
OS:	Windows
Use:	File archiver
License:	GPL
Website:	http://kgbarchiver.sourceforge.net/

KGB Archiver is an open-source file archiver and data compression utility created by Tomasz Pawlak.

Contents 1 KGB Archiver 2 Features 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] KGB Archiver

KGB Archiver is a compression tool, with compression rates frequently higher than competing tools such as 7-Zip and UHarc. It uses the (rather old) PAQ6v2 compression engine. Archive contents are additionally encrypted using AES-256 symmetric encryption.

[edit] Features

• Supports .kgb and .zip files
• AES-256 encryption
• It is able to create self-extracting archives

[edit] See also

• List of file archivers
• Comparison of file archivers
• ZIP (file format)

[edit] External links

• KGB Archiver