For all of you that use PowerArchiver in Government environment, we have fully certified end-to-end solution for data storage and transport. For data storage and exchange, we use ZIP AES (public and open data standard) and for transport we use secure ftp client (both SFTP and FTP over SSL, both public transport standards). Both solutions are FIPS 140-2 certified and satisfy all legal requirements for open data storage and transport as well as data protection standards.

More about FIPS 140-2 standard

Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) is entitled “Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules.” It’s a standard that describes government requirements that hardware and software products should meet for Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU) use. The standard was published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been adopted by the Canadian government’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE), and is being adopted by the financial community through the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

FIPS 140-2 requires federal government agencies that use cryptographic-based security systems to protect sensitive information to comply with the standards. Any organisation that does any kind of business with any government agency is also required to comply with the standards.

More about White House Exective order on open data storage

To promote continued job growth, Government efficiency, and the social good that can be gained from opening Government data to the public, the default state of new and modernized Government information resources shall be open and machine readable. Government information shall be managed as an asset throughout its life cycle to promote interoperability and openness, and, wherever possible and legally permissible, to ensure that data are released to the public in ways that make the data easy to find, accessible, and usable. In making this the new default state, executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall ensure that they safeguard individual privacy, confidentiality, and national security.

Summary

You can now use PowerArchiver Professional to securely exchange encrypted sensitive information with any US or Canadian government agency in compliance with FIPS 140-2 standards as well as new Executive order from White House on mandatory use of Open data formats.

Please read more on PowerArchiver for Government use at following link.

We have new update to PowerArchiver 2012, version 13.03.02. This update mainly deals with mandatory changes due to Windows 8 certification as well as some minor fixes and some new features.

Here is the list of changes:

• Windows 8 support – Various smaller changes for official Windows 8 Certification.
• Backup: date options – Enabled date options for file naming as default so users wont by accident overwrite their old backups.
• Backup: tar.gz support – Improved TAR.GZ support in backup.
• Virtual Drive: IMG support – Added support for IMG files in Virtual Drive.
• Drag & Drop: Profiles – Added support for Compression Profiles in Drag and Drop window.
• Preview Window Improvements – Disabled preview window for file selection when renaming files.
• ZIP format – Added support for extracting folders with invalid name in Windows File System (/.example/).
• Archive Converter with Encrypt Filenames – Added support for Encrypting Filenames in Archive converter (added in 13.03.02).

You can download PowerArchiver 2012 13.03.02 from our download page. If you already have PowerArchiver, you can Patchbeam this update, only around 464kb small!

With coming Windows 8 official release, here is the new release of PowerArchiver 2012. Last week it came to our attention that Windows 8 does not play well with Kol, language we used to create PA Starter – our Queue worker app, so not to leave you stranded, we went on and created new PA Starter from grounds up in Delphi XE2 instead of Kol.

We used Kol for its memory advantages when we created PA Starter long time ago, so it was time to bring it back to modern world. New PA Starter looks good and this will lead to some improvements later on, such as ability to schedule Patchbeam updates in the background (if selected by you). So please check out this release and confirm that it all works beautifully on your side!

As changes are strictly for Windows 8 users, this version will not go up via Patchbeam until next week’s release!

Changes from 13.01.04 to 13.02.02:

• Completely new PA Starter – PA Starter built from grounds up for better Windows 8 performance.


• Windows 8 file associations – Windows 8 file associations used for Default Programs option in Windows 8.

You can download PowerArchiver 2012 13.02.02 from our download page.

After a month of your feedback from official release of PowerArchiver 2012 13.00, here is new update of your favourite compression utility – PowerArchiver. In this version we have concentrated on Windows 8 support as well as some other things that you reported.

Changes from 13.01.03 to 13.01.04:

• Improved default interface options – Improved default interface options.


• PASTARTER Change – PASTARTER (Queue) reverted back to previous version.

• Improved RAR engine – Increased speed of RAR engine by 15% on average.


• Better look for Windows Classic theme – We improved the look of some windows if Windows classic theme is running. They look slightly different now depending on OS you have installed.


• Improved Test Archives Tool – Better detection of broken archives.


• Added option to not install Patchbeam for Enterprise users – Added option to not install Patchbeam for Enterprise users.


• Improved Simple mode – Simple mode now shows FTP/Burner tabs.


• Added SFX creation support in shell – Added support for creating SFX’s via Windows shell.


• Various other improvements – Over 25 fixes/improvement since 13.00.26 release!

You can download PowerArchiver 2012 13.01.04 from our download page or simply Patchbeam it for superior experience..

After a month of your feedback from official release of PowerArchiver 2012 13.00, here is new update of your favourite compression utility – PowerArchiver. In this version we have concentrated on Windows 8 support as well as some other things that you reported.

Whats New:

• Improved RAR engine – Increased speed of RAR engine by 15% on average.


• PASTARTER Windows 8 compatibility – PASTARTER (Queue) now works under Windows 8.


• Better look for Windows Classic theme – We improved the look of some windows if Windows classic theme is running. They look slightly different now depending on OS you have installed.


• Improved Test Archives Tool – Better detection of broken archives.


• Added option to not install Patchbeam for Enterprise users – Added option to not install Patchbeam for Enterprise users.


• Improved Simple mode – Simple mode now shows FTP/Burner tabs.


• Added SFX creation support in shell – Added support for creating SFX’s via Windows shell.


• Various other improvements – Over 25 fixes/improvement since 13.00.26 release!

You can download PowerArchiver 2012 13.01.03 from our download page or simply Patchbeam it for superior experience..

After few months of development and testing, here is BETA version of Zip to Email, your best option for compressing and encrypting your attachments .

What is Zip To Email? As the name suggests, Zip To Email would like to be the best application to handle your email attachments. It is extremely powerful and probably by far the most powerful application of its kind, but at the same time, it can be configured to be completely automated and out of users way. So administrators can adjust it to their needs with the use of GPO’s and end users pretty much dont even know that it is there. Please check out chart on the right side to see possible usage scenarios for Zip To Email.

Features:

You can test ZTE 1.00.21 Beta by downloading it here.

Based on your feedback, here is latest release of PowerArchiver Outlook Plug-In (PAOP) 2.20.06.

Here is the list of changes:

• Code sync with ZTE – Base plugin engine code synced with ZipToEmail (ZTE).
• Various smaller fixes – Fixed few issues that have been reported.
• German translation – New German version of PAOP 2.20.06.

If you install PAOP while your Outlook is open, please restart it so new plugin can be loaded. You can download latest PAOP from our download site.

We firmly believe this is the best version of PowerArchiver in our 14+ year history, thank you for being with us for all these years.

Here is the list of changes:

PowerArchiver 2012 Changes:

• File list color coding – Background color of file list columns changed based on file size, compression ratio, file type. Completely configurable. Button on status bar for easy on/off.


• Enhancements of Modern/Ribbon interface – Active tabs based on file currently clicked on (Preview tab currently).


• Easy/Advanced Ribbon interface options – new Easy option for interface that removes less used tabs to make it easier for new users to start using PowerArchiver. Button on status bar for easy on/off.


• RAR Compression support – PowerArchiver will use WinRar to compress to RAR within PowerArchiver interface.


• RAR Extraction improved – 5% speed improvement on RAR extraction, up to 15% faster than WR 4.x, 30%+ over WR 3.9x.


• New Explorer mode for reading archives – New mode that shows paths as folders but does not display contents of hard drive, set as default option.


• Redesigned Shell Interface – easier to use, easier to view.


• Encrypted Icon – Added encrypted icon to the file list, for easier recognition of encrypted files inside archive.


• Improved look of various windows – such as progress bar, etc, matching Win8 look more.


• Wiki Help by default – converted help to Wiki online system, enabling better search, youtube tutorials (over 20+ available), better translations for the future and user interactions. Offline help pack will be available.


• Single version – Multilingual, improvements – From now on, PowerArchiver will be distributed only as Multilingual software, with over 20+ translations. Due to compression improvements and online help, multilingual version has been reduced in size by almost 50%.


• Password Policies – Allows you to setup minimum password policy/rule, to force your users to enter passwords with proper length and mix of characters, so they will be harder to crack. Options include: minimum password length, forcing of lower case, upper case, numeric and symbol characters, independently. Click here for Youtube Tutorial


• Password Profiles – You can setup password profiles and then you can select them from the dropdown during password entry, thus enabling higher productivity. It works both in Encryption and Decryption, for all modes supported. Click here for Youtube Tutorial.


• File Wipe – Wipes your temporary files by using DoD 5220.22-M suggested methods for clearing and sanitizing information on a writable media. You can select between 1, 3 and 7 passes. Click here for Youtube Tutorial.

You can download PowerArchiver 2012 13.00 from our download page or simply Patchbeam it for superior experience..

based on your feedback, we have prepared Release Candidate 2 of PowerArchiver 2012.

Here is the list of changes:

Changes from RC1 to RC2:

• Improved 64bit shell extensions – Made sure that 32bit and 64bit shell extensions operate exactly the same.
• Improved GZ support – Improved GZIP support.
• Improved FTP SSL/TLS support – Improved support for explicit FTP/SSL, when there is no separate data channel for encrypted files (in Backup).
• Translation Improvements – Russian and other translations have been updated.
• Various fixes and improvements (over 10)! – Various small improvements.

• File list color coding – Background color of file list columns changed based on file size, compression ratio, file type. Completely configurable. Button on status bar for easy on/off.


• Enhancements of Modern/Ribbon interface – Active tabs based on file currently clicked on (Preview tab currently).


• Easy/Advanced Ribbon interface options – new Easy option for interface that removes less used tabs to make it easier for new users to start using PowerArchiver. Button on status bar for easy on/off.


• RAR Compression support – PowerArchiver will use WinRar to compress to RAR within PowerArchiver interface.


• RAR Extraction improved – 5% speed improvement on RAR extraction, up to 15% faster than WR 4.x, 30%+ over WR 3.9x.


• New Explorer mode for reading archives – New mode that shows paths as folders but does not display contents of hard drive, set as default option.


• Redesigned Shell Interface – easier to use, easier to view.


• Encrypted Icon – Added encrypted icon to the file list, for easier recognition of encrypted files inside archive.


• Improved look of various windows – such as progress bar, etc, matching Win8 look more.


• Wiki Help by default – converted help to Wiki online system, enabling better search, youtube tutorials (over 20+ available), better translations for the future and user interactions. Offline help pack will be available.


• Single version – Multilingual, improvements – From now on, PowerArchiver will be distributed only as Multilingual software, with over 20+ translations. Due to compression improvements and online help, multilingual version has been reduced in size by almost 50%.


• Password Policies – Allows you to setup minimum password policy/rule, to force your users to enter passwords with proper length and mix of characters, so they will be harder to crack. Options include: minimum password length, forcing of lower case, upper case, numeric and symbol characters, independently. Click here for Youtube Tutorial


• Password Profiles – You can setup password profiles and then you can select them from the dropdown during password entry, thus enabling higher productivity. It works both in Encryption and Decryption, for all modes supported. Click here for Youtube Tutorial.


• File Wipe – Wipes your temporary files by using DoD 5220.22-M suggested methods for clearing and sanitizing information on a writable media. You can select between 1, 3 and 7 passes. Click here for Youtube Tutorial.

You can download PowerArchiver 2012 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) from our download page. If you already have PowerArchiver, you can Patchbeam this update, it is only around 250kb!

Here comes Release Candidate 1 of PowerArchiver 2012. Currently we dont have any outstanding issues so we expect to have final version come out next week.

Here is the list of changes:

Changes from Beta 3 to RC1:

• Improved GZ support – Improved GZIP support.
• Improved RAR support – Improved RAR support (deleting files from archive).
• Improved FTP SSL/TLS support – Improved support for explicit FTP/SSL, when there is no separate data channel for encrypted files.
• Improved Archive Converter – Now keeps encryption when converted encrypted archives, such as from ZIP to 7-zip.
• Translation Improvements – German and other translations have been updated.
• Various fixes and improvements (over 10)! – Based on your feedback, PA Team worked hard to push RC1 out of the door.

• File list color coding – Background color of file list columns changed based on file size, compression ratio, file type. Completely configurable. Button on status bar for easy on/off.


• Enhancements of Modern/Ribbon interface – Active tabs based on file currently clicked on (Preview tab currently).


• Easy/Advanced Ribbon interface options – new Easy option for interface that removes less used tabs to make it easier for new users to start using PowerArchiver. Button on status bar for easy on/off.


• RAR Compression support – PowerArchiver will use WinRar to compress to RAR within PowerArchiver interface.


• RAR Extraction improved – 5% speed improvement on RAR extraction, up to 15% faster than WR 4.x, 30%+ over WR 3.9x.


• New Explorer mode for reading archives – New mode that shows paths as folders but does not display contents of hard drive, set as default option.


• Redesigned Shell Interface – easier to use, easier to view.


• Encrypted Icon – Added encrypted icon to the file list, for easier recognition of encrypted files inside archive.


• Improved look of various windows – such as progress bar, etc, matching Win8 look more.


• Wiki Help by default – converted help to Wiki online system, enabling better search, youtube tutorials (over 20+ available), better translations for the future and user interactions. Offline help pack will be available.


• Single version – Multilingual, improvements – From now on, PowerArchiver will be distributed only as Multilingual software, with over 20+ translations. Due to compression improvements and online help, multilingual version has been reduced in size by almost 50%.


• Password Policies – Allows you to setup minimum password policy/rule, to force your users to enter passwords with proper length and mix of characters, so they will be harder to crack. Options include: minimum password length, forcing of lower case, upper case, numeric and symbol characters, independently. Click here for Youtube Tutorial


• Password Profiles – You can setup password profiles and then you can select them from the dropdown during password entry, thus enabling higher productivity. It works both in Encryption and Decryption, for all modes supported. Click here for Youtube Tutorial.


• File Wipe – Wipes your temporary files by using DoD 5220.22-M suggested methods for clearing and sanitizing information on a writable media. You can select between 1, 3 and 7 passes. Click here for Youtube Tutorial.

You can download PowerArchiver 2012 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) from our download page. If you already have PowerArchiver, you can Patchbeam this update, only around 297kb small! Keep checking Patchbeam as we release unofficial updates all the time.