ZipGenius has too many bugs .... what other freeware zip programs work?

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Amanda Williams

I installed the recommended ZipGenius based on threads in this newsgroup. I
have version 6.0.2.1060 and was 'learning it' when I found it has major
bugs.

I zipped 3 small txt files. Changed #1 and #2. Did a few drag and drops of
my txt files onto the zip file (there is a quick progress bar as something
happens) to find I sometimes end up with files #1, #1 and #2. Why dups and
what happened to #3?

Doesn't ANYTHING work right? I can't use this.
Is it just me or is ZipGenius pretty buggy?

What zip freeware is robust and recommended by users?

TIA,
Amanda W.
 
HandyBits Zip&Go
http://www.bestwebdownloads.com/Sof...ware/Free/Download_Tools/ZIP_Tools/index.html
http://www.handybits.com/zipngo.htm
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Hi jmatt,

Per previous discussions in ACF all Teknum Systems apps contain Malware
that's hard to remove. If that's changed please let me know.

Susan
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Susan said:
Per previous discussions in ACF all Teknum Systems apps contain Malware
that's hard to remove. If that's changed please let me know.
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Thanks Susan, yes has the Updater spyfile, have removed the post.
 
Susan Bugher wrote:

Just got around to downloading & trying Zip&Go Susan, it's not too much
of a problem & rated Low.
Did a search in my registry to find all the programs that I am testing
with updaters & there are quite a few, Adobe, Thunderbird, Weather are
some of them.

If the Teknum Updater software is not desired, uninstall it from your
system. Use an up-to-date antivirus or spybot removal program to
determine if the target computer is host to a spybot program.
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/14527
http://research.sunbelt-software.com/threatdisplay.aspx?name=Teknum Updater&threatid=30580
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/threats/241.html
SpyBot removed Teknum Updater & for good measure remove >
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ssmenu.dll using DELETE DOCTOR & rebooting.
http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/
http://www.diskcleaners.com/
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/Delete-Doctor.shtml
 
Susan Bugher wrote:
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Just got around to downloading & trying Zip&Go Susan, it's not too much
of a problem & rated Low.
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dunno what "rated Low" refers to - if it's the security risk see below
Did a search in my registry to find all the programs that I am testing
with updaters & there are quite a few, Adobe, Thunderbird, Weather are
some of them.
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I'm not sure what your point is. There are lots of updaters, some of
them are Malware. . .
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/14527
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"High Risk"
http://research.sunbelt-software.com/threatdisplay.aspx?name=Teknum Updater&threatid=30580
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"Low risk"

You might want to take a look at this thread too (it's the second hit if
you Google for "Teknum"):
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=13100

Susan
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Amanda said:
I installed the recommended ZipGenius based on threads in this newsgroup. I
have version 6.0.2.1060 and was 'learning it' when I found it has major
bugs.

I zipped 3 small txt files. Changed #1 and #2. Did a few drag and drops of
my txt files onto the zip file (there is a quick progress bar as something
happens) to find I sometimes end up with files #1, #1 and #2. Why dups and
what happened to #3?

Doesn't ANYTHING work right? I can't use this.
Is it just me or is ZipGenius pretty buggy?

What zip freeware is robust and recommended by users?

TIA,
Amanda W.
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www.7zip.org is pretty good
 
Amanda said:
I installed the recommended ZipGenius based on threads in this newsgroup. I
have version 6.0.2.1060 and was 'learning it' when I found it has major
bugs.

I zipped 3 small txt files. Changed #1 and #2. Did a few drag and drops of
my txt files onto the zip file (there is a quick progress bar as something
happens) to find I sometimes end up with files #1, #1 and #2. Why dups and
what happened to #3?

Doesn't ANYTHING work right? I can't use this.
Is it just me or is ZipGenius pretty buggy?

What zip freeware is robust and recommended by users?

TIA,
Amanda W.
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Try 7zip. It produces zip files in addition to its own formats with
better compression. It has a GUI but can also be run from the command
line. It is free and open source.
Some benchmarks: http://cs.fit.edu/~mmahoney/compression/text.html#1850

-- Matt Mahoney
 
I've tried a ton of zip programs. I finally settled on TugZip. It's
free, works great, does everything I need it to, includes Winzip
compatible encryption. Comes in many languages and is actively being
developed.

Get it at www.tugzip.com.
 
I have used many Zip programs but I have finally settled on Quickzip
which can be downloaded from http://www.quickzip.org/ . QuickZip has
support for Zip, 7-Zip, Rar, Ace, LHA (LHA/LZH files), Cab, arj, et al.
 
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