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Doesn’t seem that big, if you open a RAR from a shaddy source, I would expect to get malwares anyway.
by hartator 9y ago
Doesn’t seem that big, if you open a RAR from a shaddy source, I would expect to get malwares anyway.
- Klathmon 9y agoIt doesn't have to be a .RAR file. 7-Zip infers filetype (by necessity in many cases), so any file that you open with 7-zip can trigger the problem.
- hartator 9y agoWhy would open a .png or something in the like in 7-Zip?
- Arkanosis 9y ago7-Zip libraries are commonly used in third party applications, like… antivirus. So, your antivirus can scan your .png files, try to uncompress them as rar (based on their content) and execute malicious code without you having even the slightest idea of what is happening.
- aepiepaey 9y agoYou wouldn't. People definitely would open: .zip, .7z, .gz, .xz, .iso, ...
- DanBC 9y agoDoesn't that mean anything that can handle RAR needs to be more safe, not less safe?
- FRex 9y agoI would not. It's not reasonable that a pure data viewer runs something. This is like saying viewing a script in notepad can run it and is expected to infect you. And for better or worse antiviruses use 7z dll to scan archives too.
- fjsolwmv 9y agoRemember when Microsoft Outlook used to automatically execute programs sent to you in email?
- FRex 9y agoI'm not that old but I'd bet that it wasn't received well and caused infections and that's why it 'used to' and doesn't anymore. A similar thing is with ldd (I don't know if this still works and can't search or check right now): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=902958 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=902958