You don’t need an external utility (say WinZip) to uncompress .zip files but unfortunately, the built-in decompressor of Windows Explorer cannot handle other popular zip formats like 7z, RAR, Z or TAR.
If someone sent you an email attachment, or you downloaded a file from the Internet, that is compressed using one of these formats, there’s still no need for you to install a new software to extract the contents – just head over to WobZip, upload the compressed file and you’re done.
WobZip will help you upload a compressed file under 100Mb in size. You may also use the tool to uncompress zipped files that may be protected by a password. Internally, they use the popular 7-zip utility to perform the decompression.
Now what I liked most about WobZip is that it can extract online zipped files as well. So if you happen to come across a .zip file on some website, you can simply pass the web address (URL) of that file to WobZip without having to download the file on your local drive – I am sure I’ll use this tool a lot to browse the source of WordPress plugins.
An online unzip utility like WobZip may be very handy for mobile phones as well that have a web browser but there’s no tool to uncompress zipped files.
Note that WobZip advertises itself as “in development” and “not guaranteed to be bug free”, so it may not be a bad idea to double-check the deflated archives.
Also see: Convert Zip Formats Online
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/extract-rar-zip-files-online/7668/
Reader Comments
Assuming the .zip file contains a virus but you are only concerned about a .txt file, I wonder if you will not be infected with the virus. Or maybe, online or not online, you will still be infected knowing that the files will still be on your cache…IMO
Written by TechMata on 03.02.09
This is very handy indeed. As Winrar is getting more and more popular now, there should be one in your desktop.
Written by Gofree on 03.02.09
Wobzip says that they use the BitDefender antivirus scanner software to scan the files for viruses.
Written by Amit on 03.02.09
No need to install winzip,winrar and & 7zip if system is always connected to online…. So it will be of great use for Netbook users who wants limited softwares ….
Written by Fasil on 03.03.09
It is still a good choice to install and use 7zip, which is a very small utility.
Written by Hezron Mariano on 03.21.09