KGB Archiver 2.0
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KGB Archiver 2.0

Free Creates and unpacks archives using military grade compression
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Tomasz Pawlak
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KGB Archiver is considered the most powerful file compressor nowadays, it sizes 1 MB only, supports ZIP and KGB format files, and it can be downloaded for free and be easily installed in just few steps. Yes, KGB Archiver can handle zip files, in addition to its own KGB format.

It has an interface that works as a wizard, which shows three buttons: Compress Files, Decompress Files and Customize Options (Settings), where you can choose the language, the file KGB and ZIP association, the Windows Explorer context menu, and if you want KGB Archiver to show the statistics after compressing / decompressing.

There also is the Search Now button, to check on new versions available online.

A-In the first blank space, beneath the "File" word, you have to determine the destination path of the compressed file.

B- You must choose among the ZIP or KGB formats.

C-You must select among the 10 compression levels, ranging from Minimum to Maximum.

Note: Due to its powerful compression algorithm, it is recommended to use a system with at least a 1.5 GHz processor and 256 MB of RAM in order to compress at the highest levels. To get you an idea of the compression power of KGB Archiver, compress a 4 GB DVD to 10 MB can take about 15 hours in a powerful PC.

D-Add the files or folders to compress

E-Create a password to encrypt the compressed file using the AES-256 system, which is one of the most powerful encryption algorithms currently known. more

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Pros

  • Amazing compression

Cons

  • Resources consumer

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If someone can invent a way to compress and decompress using KGB in real time via hardware... it would be possible to move lots and lots of terabytes without any effort.

Hardware companies should improve this kind of things. Why increase our broadband connections or why use bigger and bigger hard drivers instead of using real time compression?

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It is ridiculous as KGB Archiver takes about 7-8 hours to decompress only 600mb. Diablo

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New technology should renew this tool so that it can have maximum compression with minimal resource requirements.

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