If you need to open a file with the rar extension on your Mac, there's a handy app called The Unarchiver that can help you do just that. Rar files are commonly used to extract a huge amount of data — ...

After being a staple on PCs for so many years, last month it was discovered that WinRAR, software used to open .zip archive files, has been vulnerable for the last 19 years to a bug that's easily ...

Last month, a 19-year-old bug was discovered in WinRAR, a software used to extract .zip and other file archives on your Windows PC. The company was quick to patch the bug, but users who haven't ...

Why it matters: If you have WinRAR installed, make sure you've updated to the most recent version that patches a critical security vulnerability. Vulnerable versions are subject to malicious archive ...