7-Zip Releases

[RyanVM]

Probably worth noting that the "Some bugs were fixed." note is in reference to some security issues that were found and reported to them.
https://landave.io/2018/01/7-zip-multip ... r-and-zip/

[mooms]

Good to know. I prefer WinRAR to unzip anyway.

[user_hidden]

7-Zip 18.02 beta was released.

7-Zip for 32-bit Windows:

http://7-zip.org/a/7z1802.exe
or
http://7-zip.org/a/7z1802.msi

7-Zip for 64-bit Windows x64:

http://7-zip.org/a/7z1802-x64.exe
or
http://7-zip.org/a/7z1802-x64.msi

What's new after 7-Zip 18.01:

The speed for single-thread LZMA/LZMA2 decoding
was increased by 30% in x64 version and by 3% in x86 version.
7-Zip now can use multi-threading for 7z/LZMA2 decoding,
if there are multiple independent data chunks in LZMA2 stream.
7-Zip now can use multi-threading for xz decoding,
if there are multiple blocks in xz stream.
New localization: Kabyle.
Some bugs were fixed.

[user_hidden]

7-Zip 18.03 beta was released.

7-Zip for 32-bit Windows:

http://7-zip.org/a/7z1803.exe
or
http://7-zip.org/a/7z1803.msi

7-Zip for 64-bit Windows x64:

http://7-zip.org/a/7z1803-x64.exe
or
http://7-zip.org/a/7z1803-x64.msi

What's new after 7-Zip 18.01:

The speed for single-thread LZMA/LZMA2 decoding
was increased by 30% in x64 version and by 3% in x86 version.
7-Zip now can use multi-threading for 7z/LZMA2 decoding,
if there are multiple independent data chunks in LZMA2 stream.
7-Zip now can use multi-threading for xz decoding,
if there are multiple blocks in xz stream.
New localization: Kabyle.
Some bugs were fixed.

What's new after 7-Zip 18.02 beta:

The bug in 18.02 beta was fixed. It could not create xz archive from GUI.

[5eraph]

Thanks, user_hidden.

[mooms]

7-Zip 18.05 was released.

7-Zip for 32-bit Windows:

http://7-zip.org/a/7z1805.exe
or
http://7-zip.org/a/7z1805.msi

7-Zip for 64-bit Windows x64:

http://7-zip.org/a/7z1805-x64.exe
or
http://7-zip.org/a/7z1805-x64.msi

7-Zip Extra: standalone console version, 7z DLL, Plugin for Far Manager
https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z1805-extra.7z

What's new after 7-Zip 18.01:

• The speed for single-thread LZMA/LZMA2 decoding
  was increased by 30% in x64 version and by 3% in x86 version.
• 7-Zip now can use multi-threading for 7z/LZMA2 decoding,
  if there are multiple independent data chunks in LZMA2 stream.
• 7-Zip now can use multi-threading for xz decoding,
  if there are multiple blocks in xz stream.
• The speed for LZMA/LZMA2 compressing was increased
  by 8% for fastest/fast compression levels and
  by 3% for normal/maximum compression levels.
• 7-Zip now shows Properties (Info) window and CRC/SHA results window
  as "list view" window instead of "message box" window.
• Some improvements in zip, hfs and dmg code.
• Previous versions of 7-Zip could work incorrectly in "Large memory pages" mode in
  Windows 10 because of some BUG with "Large Pages" in Windows 10.
• Now 7-Zip doesn't use "Large Pages" on Windows 10 up to revision 1709 (16299).
• The vulnerability in RAR unpacking code was fixed (CVE-2018-10115).
• Some bugs were fixed.
• New localization: Kabyle.

[bphlpt]

Thank you!

Cheers and Regards

[kiana1990]

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