▲ 640 ▼ WinRAR flaw lets hackers run programs when you open RAR archives (www.bleepingcomputer.com) submitted 3 years ago by TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 106 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Octopus1348 45 points 3 years ago (7 children) Well, good that Windows now has native RAR support. permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] brsrklf@compuverse.uk 54 points 3 years ago (5 children) Somehow Windows has always been and is still crap at managing archives. Ultra-slow, has trouble opening or extracting individual files inside the archive, etc. However, 7-zip has been doing all that perfectly forever now. Not sure why anyone would use WinRAR, paid for or not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] kautau@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) Even 7Zip now though is insecure and outdated. Use NanaZip if you’re on windows, it's a fork that is more secure and uses modern compression/encryption algorithms in addition to integrating better with current Windows APIs https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip permalink fedilink source parent [–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Yeah maybe isn't great but I admit that be able to use the open file window from a program and select a file inside a compressed file is nice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) WinRAR is an internet institution at this point. It’s like Amtrak, why would anyone ride the train when there are better cheaper and faster modes of transport? Don’t know but people do anyway permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 13 points 3 years ago* (1 child) What? Amtrak is great for specific use cases. For intrastate travel in the US, Amtrak often is the fastest, cheapest, most comfortable experience. Oddly, going two states over, it's often the slowest and most expensive, but for mid haul distance, Amtrak is fantastic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago That’s kind of my point that WinRAR has its limited use cases like Amtrak does although majority of the time it’s more efficient to use something else permalink fedilink source parent [–] FrameXX@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 years ago *Only for opening rar files. Not creating them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brsrklf@compuverse.uk 54 points 3 years ago (5 children) Somehow Windows has always been and is still crap at managing archives. Ultra-slow, has trouble opening or extracting individual files inside the archive, etc. However, 7-zip has been doing all that perfectly forever now. Not sure why anyone would use WinRAR, paid for or not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] kautau@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) Even 7Zip now though is insecure and outdated. Use NanaZip if you’re on windows, it's a fork that is more secure and uses modern compression/encryption algorithms in addition to integrating better with current Windows APIs https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip permalink fedilink source parent [–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Yeah maybe isn't great but I admit that be able to use the open file window from a program and select a file inside a compressed file is nice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) WinRAR is an internet institution at this point. It’s like Amtrak, why would anyone ride the train when there are better cheaper and faster modes of transport? Don’t know but people do anyway permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 13 points 3 years ago* (1 child) What? Amtrak is great for specific use cases. For intrastate travel in the US, Amtrak often is the fastest, cheapest, most comfortable experience. Oddly, going two states over, it's often the slowest and most expensive, but for mid haul distance, Amtrak is fantastic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago That’s kind of my point that WinRAR has its limited use cases like Amtrak does although majority of the time it’s more efficient to use something else permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kautau@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) Even 7Zip now though is insecure and outdated. Use NanaZip if you’re on windows, it's a fork that is more secure and uses modern compression/encryption algorithms in addition to integrating better with current Windows APIs https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Yeah maybe isn't great but I admit that be able to use the open file window from a program and select a file inside a compressed file is nice. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) WinRAR is an internet institution at this point. It’s like Amtrak, why would anyone ride the train when there are better cheaper and faster modes of transport? Don’t know but people do anyway permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 13 points 3 years ago* (1 child) What? Amtrak is great for specific use cases. For intrastate travel in the US, Amtrak often is the fastest, cheapest, most comfortable experience. Oddly, going two states over, it's often the slowest and most expensive, but for mid haul distance, Amtrak is fantastic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago That’s kind of my point that WinRAR has its limited use cases like Amtrak does although majority of the time it’s more efficient to use something else permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 13 points 3 years ago* (1 child) What? Amtrak is great for specific use cases. For intrastate travel in the US, Amtrak often is the fastest, cheapest, most comfortable experience. Oddly, going two states over, it's often the slowest and most expensive, but for mid haul distance, Amtrak is fantastic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago That’s kind of my point that WinRAR has its limited use cases like Amtrak does although majority of the time it’s more efficient to use something else permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago That’s kind of my point that WinRAR has its limited use cases like Amtrak does although majority of the time it’s more efficient to use something else permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FrameXX@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 years ago *Only for opening rar files. Not creating them. permalink fedilink source parent