WinZip is the well known file Compression tool. You can easily zip and unzip files with an integrated support for almost every file format. The program supports the decompression of TAR, gzip, UUencode, XXencode, BinHex, and MIME formats. In addition,the uncompression of ARJ, LZH, and ARC files are supported via external programs.

Winzip has an advanced zip files security support. It provides three different levels of encryption which are Zip-compatible encryption, 128-Bit AES encryption (stronger) and 256-Bit AES encryption(strongest). The password protection with these encryption methods ensures your files are kept safe and secure.

Furthermore, you can easily schedule complex zipping jobs. After you schedule the job to be completed at a later time you can easily upload the zip file to an FTP server or send it to an email.

Winzip ease-of-use is guaranteed with the wizard mode eventhought the classic mode isn't hard to use. Moreover, Winzip has large files support and fast decompression.

Winzip remains the most popular archiving software in the world but it would add to it's efficiency if it adds compatibility feature with other files formats provided by other programs like winrar.