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It 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.
by Klathmon 8y ago
It 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 8y agoWhy would open a .png or something in the like in 7-Zip?
- Arkanosis 8y 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 8y agoYou wouldn't. People definitely would open: .zip, .7z, .gz, .xz, .iso, ...