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>Added download protection for a large number of executable file types on Windows, Mac and Linux It seems archives (such as .bz2, .gz) are treated as executabl
by heinrich5991 10y ago
>Added download protection for a large number of executable file types on Windows, Mac and Linux
It seems archives (such as .bz2, .gz) are treated as executable files. What is the reason for that?
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/054d4856cea6/toolkit/components/downloads/ApplicationReputation.cpp#l424 https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/054d4856cea6/too...
- jimminy 10y agoMy best guess would be that there is still some risk with these archive types since the browser-client has built in automatic decompression for them.