What is a good FREE substitute for WINZIP Utility for Windows XP?

I am hoping for an all right program without malware or adware.

What is a good FREE substitute for WINZIP Utility for Windows XP?anti virus scan

WinRAR is _not_ free, it's a 40 or 60 day trial. It _is_ however your best bet if you want to be able to create RAR files. If you don't care about those specifically you can use 7-zip which has pretty close to the same compression ratio, it's open source and it's free. There are a bunch of free options if all you want is zip/unzip capability - see one list below.

PowerArchiver only creates old RAR - pre 3.x.

What is a good FREE substitute for WINZIP Utility for Windows XP?ariel

Power Archiver. It will open and create all the types of compressed files, zip, rar, etc.
try easy zip it works and its free no spyware
WinRAR is a good substitute but it's NOT free.

I suggest you use zip genius the best free available substitute with a cool UI. Search for it in google or download.com
WinRAR is a good substitute and it's free.

www.rarlabs.com
Izarc Archiver, http://www.izarc.org/
Windows XP knows how to unzip without another utility...