Why is my downloaded Kali iso image a .RAR file?

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So I am doing a duel boot with windows 10 and Kali Linux and I downloaded two things: Win32 Disk Image and the actual direct Kali iso, but the iso is compressed and can only be opened with WinRAR.

It is also good to note that I am following a youtube guide here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLj2yQPWZDk

So why is that? Do I need to unzip it and download some other software to compress the files back to an ISO? Or better yet do I just ignore the fact that it is compressed and then write it on my USB? I am confused because in these tutorials it does not show the file as being compressed like a .RAR file, rather it shows it as being like a golden disk. What am I doing wrong, or should I just burn the .RAR looking ISO?

I got the ISO from the official site:
https://www.kali.org/downloads/
 
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Correct.
And I did this on a Win 8.1 machine.


OK, So I downloaded that, just to check. (I've used Kali before)
It comes in as a single ISO file.
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Possibly your system is set to automount an ISO?
 


Correct.
And I did this on a Win 8.1 machine.
 
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