: Previous versions occasionally produced RAR5 volumes slightly smaller than the user-specified size; 5.21 corrected this logic to ensure volumes closely match requested limits. 3. Security and Path Handling
While the RAR5 format was already established, version 5.21 improved the consistency of archive volumes. winrar-x86-521b2.exe
: By default, WinRAR 5.21 began skipping symbolic links with absolute paths during extraction. This prevents a potential security risk where an archive could attempt to write files to sensitive directories outside the intended destination folder (like C:\Windows ). winrar-x86-521b2.exe