WinRAR 7.10 boosts Windows privacy by stripping MoTW data

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WinRAR 7.10 was released yesterday with numerous features, such as larger memory pages, a dark mode, and the ability to fine-tune how Windows Mark-of-the-Web flags are propagated when extracting files.

WinRAR is a popular file archiver and compression tool for Windows that allows users to create, extract, and manage compressed files, primarily in RAR, ZIP, and many other file formats. The author claims that the tool is used by 500 million people worldwide.

Yesterday, win.rar GmbH released the final version of WinRAR 7.10, listing numerous new features that increase the performance and usability of the program.

These new features include enabling larger memory pages for increased performance, a reworked settings interface, and a long-awaited dark mode.
 

WinRAR dark mode
Source: BleepingComputer

One new feature that stood out is a new setting that lets you strip information that may be considered a privacy risk from the Mark of The Web alternate data stream.

"'Zone value only' option in "Settings/Security" dialog controls if archive Mark of the Web propagation includes only the security zone value or all available fields," reads the WinRAR 7.10 release notes.

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