TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWinRAR flaw lets hackers run programs when you open RAR archiveswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1607arrow-down18cross-posted to: news@kbin.socialcybersecurity
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minus-square🇨🅾️🇰🅰️N🇪@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down8·1 year agoMicrosoft basically copied WinRAR added it to the OS, back in the windows 7 days you needed WinRAR
minus-squareAProfessional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoImplementing support for a widely used format isn’t “basically copied” and there have been alternatives for decades.
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoBack in the Windows 7 days you could use 7zip. I’ve been using it since like XP
Microsoft basically copied WinRAR added it to the OS, back in the windows 7 days you needed WinRAR
Implementing support for a widely used format isn’t “basically copied” and there have been alternatives for decades.
Back in the Windows 7 days you could use 7zip. I’ve been using it since like XP