3des, is it a good algo??

From: total-i-am (totaliam@hotmail.com)
Date: 03/11/03 

From: totaliam@hotmail.com (total-i-am)
Date: 11 Mar 2003 14:17:54 -0800

i'm using UltraCompressor 2.xx to compress my files into an archive. One
 of the files is ultracrypt which encryptes the entire archive with 3des.
wasn't des broken and if not, is 3des secured enough for any attack?