WinZip Computing Releases WinZip® 9.0 Now with AES Encryption

All licensed users of earlier English-language versions of WinZip may download a FREE upgrade to WinZip 9.0. First-time users can download a fully functional evaluation version of WinZip. Individual licenses of WinZip are US$29, and attractive volume licensing discounts are available. Download links and ordering information can be found on the WinZip web site at www.winzip.com.

WinZip is the data-compression utility of choice for thousands of organizations, government agencies and Fortune 500 companies, as well as millions of home users. More than 110 million copies have been downloaded from CNET’s download.com web site alone. Combining power and flexibility with ease of use, WinZip appeals to the entire spectrum of data-compression users. First-time users are comfortable with the intuitive WinZip Wizard, while power users appreciate WinZip’s seamless Windows Explorer interface and choose the award-winning WinZip Classic interface for their most sophisticated compression needs.

WinZip’s encryption capabilities, included at no extra charge, support 128- and 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption for state-of-the-art data security. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) selected AES as the standard for both U.S. government and private data encryption. WinZip’s implementation of AES encryption is FIPS-197 certified by NIST. Additionally, WinZip 9.0 supports decryption of AES password-encrypted files that were encrypted by PKZIP® for Windows Professional Edition.

Other enhancements in WinZip 9.0 include support for 64-bit extensions to the Zip file format, which eliminate all practical restrictions on Zip file capacity, and support for the “enhanced deflate” compression method, which compresses data better than ever.

The WinZip Command Line Support Add-On is a free download for registered users of WinZip, and now also offers AES encryption. The add-on is ideal for quick zipping and unzipping from the command line, and for automating repetitive tasks using batch files or scripts.