diff --git a/SharpCompress.Test/Rar/RarArchiveTests.cs b/SharpCompress.Test/Rar/RarArchiveTests.cs
index 59b71fbf..9e5977d7 100644
--- a/SharpCompress.Test/Rar/RarArchiveTests.cs
+++ b/SharpCompress.Test/Rar/RarArchiveTests.cs
@@ -13,24 +13,24 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Test
         [TestMethod]
         public void Rar_EncryptedFileAndHeader_Archive()
         {
-            ReadRar("Rar.encrypted_filesAndHeader.rar", "test");
+            ReadRarPassword("Rar.encrypted_filesAndHeader.rar", "test");
 
         }
 
         [TestMethod]
         public void Rar_EncryptedFileOnly_Archive()
         {
-            ReadRar("Rar.encrypted_filesOnly.rar", "test");
+            ReadRarPassword("Rar.encrypted_filesOnly.rar", "test");
 
         }
 
         [TestMethod]
         public void Rar_Encrypted_Archive()
         {
-            ReadRar("Encrypted.rar", "test");
+            ReadRarPassword("Encrypted.rar", "test");
         }
 
-        private void ReadRar(string testArchive, string password)
+        private void ReadRarPassword(string testArchive, string password)
         {
             ResetScratch();
             using (Stream stream = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine(TEST_ARCHIVES_PATH, testArchive)))
@@ -47,6 +47,28 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Test
             }
             VerifyFiles();
         }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        [ExpectedException(typeof(InvalidFormatException))]
+        public void Rar_Multi_Archive_Encrypted()
+        {
+            ArchiveFileReadPassword("EncryptedParts.part01.rar", "test");
+        }
+
+        protected void ArchiveFileReadPassword(string archiveName, string password)
+        {
+            ResetScratch();
+            using (var archive = RarArchive.Open(Path.Combine(TEST_ARCHIVES_PATH, archiveName), Options.None, password))
+            {
+                foreach (var entry in archive.Entries.Where(entry => !entry.IsDirectory))
+                {
+                    entry.WriteToDirectory(SCRATCH_FILES_PATH,
+                                            ExtractOptions.ExtractFullPath | ExtractOptions.Overwrite);
+                }
+            }
+            VerifyFiles();
+        }
+
         [TestMethod]
         public void Rar_None_ArchiveStreamRead()
         {
@@ -59,7 +81,6 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Test
             ArchiveStreamRead("Rar.rar");
         }
 
-
         [TestMethod]
         public void Rar_test_invalid_exttime_ArchiveStreamRead()
         {
diff --git a/SharpCompress.Test/Rar/RarReaderTests.cs b/SharpCompress.Test/Rar/RarReaderTests.cs
index 0f4b2161..349b72c3 100644
--- a/SharpCompress.Test/Rar/RarReaderTests.cs
+++ b/SharpCompress.Test/Rar/RarReaderTests.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,29 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Test
             VerifyFiles();
         }
 
+        //[TestMethod]
+        public void Rar_Multi_Reader_Encrypted()
+        {
+            var testArchives = new string[] { "EncryptedParts.part01.rar",
+                "EncryptedParts.part02.rar",
+                "EncryptedParts.part03.rar",
+                "EncryptedParts.part04.rar",
+                "EncryptedParts.part05.rar",
+                "EncryptedParts.part06.rar"};
+
+
+            ResetScratch();
+            using (var reader = RarReader.Open(testArchives.Select(s => Path.Combine(TEST_ARCHIVES_PATH, s))
+                .Select(p => File.OpenRead(p))))
+            {
+                while (reader.MoveToNextEntry())
+                {
+                    reader.WriteEntryToDirectory(SCRATCH_FILES_PATH, ExtractOptions.ExtractFullPath | ExtractOptions.Overwrite);
+                }
+            }
+            VerifyFiles();
+        }
+
         [TestMethod]
         public void Rar_Multi_Reader_Delete_Files()
         {
diff --git a/SharpCompress/Common/Rar/Headers/RarHeaderFactory.cs b/SharpCompress/Common/Rar/Headers/RarHeaderFactory.cs
index fb3b3171..aba7c2d4 100644
--- a/SharpCompress/Common/Rar/Headers/RarHeaderFactory.cs
+++ b/SharpCompress/Common/Rar/Headers/RarHeaderFactory.cs
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Common.Rar.Headers
             
             if (IsEncrypted)
             {
+                if (Password == null)
+                {
+                    throw new CryptographicException("Encrypted Rar archive has no password specified.");
+                }
                 reader.SkipQueue();
                 byte[] salt = reader.ReadBytes(8);
                 reader.InitializeAes(salt);
diff --git a/SharpCompress/Compressor/Rar/MultiVolumeReadOnlyStream.cs b/SharpCompress/Compressor/Rar/MultiVolumeReadOnlyStream.cs
index cac5460f..c0add4e5 100644
--- a/SharpCompress/Compressor/Rar/MultiVolumeReadOnlyStream.cs
+++ b/SharpCompress/Compressor/Rar/MultiVolumeReadOnlyStream.cs
@@ -67,27 +67,33 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Compressor.Rar
         public override int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
         {
             int totalRead = 0;
-            while (count > 0)
+            int currentOffset = offset;
+            int currentCount = count;
+            while (currentCount > 0)
             {
-                int readSize = count;
-                if (count > maxPosition - currentPosition)
+                int readSize = currentCount;
+                if (currentCount > maxPosition - currentPosition)
                 {
                     readSize = (int) (maxPosition - currentPosition);
                 }
 
-                int read = currentStream.Read(buffer, offset, readSize);
+                int read = currentStream.Read(buffer, currentOffset, readSize);
                 if (read < 0)
                 {
                     throw new EndOfStreamException();
                 }
 
                 currentPosition += read;
-                offset += read;
-                count -= read;
+                currentOffset += read;
+                currentCount -= read;
                 totalRead += read;
                 if (((maxPosition - currentPosition) == 0)
                     && filePartEnumerator.Current.FileHeader.FileFlags.HasFlag(FileFlags.SPLIT_AFTER))
                 {
+                    if (filePartEnumerator.Current.FileHeader.Salt != null)
+                    {
+                        throw new InvalidFormatException("Sharpcompress currently does not support multi-volume decryption.");
+                    }
                     string fileName = filePartEnumerator.Current.FileHeader.FileName;
                     if (!filePartEnumerator.MoveNext())
                     {
diff --git a/SharpCompress/Utility.cs b/SharpCompress/Utility.cs
index 71affc7e..87ae9523 100644
--- a/SharpCompress/Utility.cs
+++ b/SharpCompress/Utility.cs
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ namespace SharpCompress
 
         public static long TransferTo(this Stream source, Stream destination)
         {
-            byte[] array = new byte[4096];
+            byte[] array = new byte[81920];
             int count;
             long total = 0;
             while ((count = source.Read(array, 0, array.Length)) != 0)
diff --git a/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part01.rar b/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part01.rar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6608e36
Binary files /dev/null and b/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part01.rar differ
diff --git a/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part02.rar b/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part02.rar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1020dd0f
Binary files /dev/null and b/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part02.rar differ
diff --git a/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part03.rar b/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part03.rar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8fd5df8
Binary files /dev/null and b/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part03.rar differ
diff --git a/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part04.rar b/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part04.rar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af28c7ec
Binary files /dev/null and b/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part04.rar differ
diff --git a/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part05.rar b/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part05.rar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb371b43
Binary files /dev/null and b/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part05.rar differ
diff --git a/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part06.rar b/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part06.rar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9aa12437
Binary files /dev/null and b/TestArchives/Archives/EncryptedParts.part06.rar differ