KGB Archiver explained

KGB Archiver is a discontinued file archiver and data compression utility that employs the PAQ6 compression algorithm. Written in Visual C++ by Tomasz Pawlak, KGB Archiver is designed to achieve a very high compression ratio. It has ten levels of compression, from very weak to maximum. However, at higher compression levels, the time required to compress a file increases significantly. As a consequence, the program uses memory and CPU intensively.

KGB Archiver is free and open-source, released under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Version 2 beta 2 is available for Microsoft Windows^{[2] [3]} and a command-line version of KGB Archiver 1.0 is available for Unix-like operating systems.

Features

• Native .kgb files and .zip files
• AES-256 encryption
• Creating self-extracting archives
• Unicode support in both the user interface and file system interactions
• Shell extension for Windows

System requirements

The minimum requirements for running KGB Archiver are:^{[4] [5]}

• 1.5 GHz processor
• 256 MB RAM

See also

• Comparison of file archivers
• RAR (file format)
• ZPAQ

Notes and References

1. Web site: Compress 1 GB to 10 MB : KGB Archiver . Cshared . 2010-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100522074017/http://cshared.com/compress-1-gb-to-10-mb-kgb-archiver/ . 2010-05-22 .
2. Web site: Great Compression Solution!. Nitu. Cosmin. 26 May 2006. Softpedia. SoftNews NET.
3. Web site: Обзор небольших утилит. Август 2008.. August 2008. iXBT.com. ru-ru. Overview of small utilities. August 2008..
4. Web site: "KGB Archiver" - Software Informer . Kgb-archiver.software.informer.com . 2009-04-01 . 2010-05-19.
5. Web site: Kgb Archiver – The Most Powerful Compression Tool . Genius Hackers . 2008-06-17 . 2010-05-19.