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WinRAR flaw lets hackers run programs when you open RAR archives (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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[+] cokane_88@lemmy.world -6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Microsoft basically copied WinRAR added it to the OS, back in the windows 7 days you needed WinRAR

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[–] AProfessional@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago

Implementing support for a widely used format isn’t “basically copied” and there have been alternatives for decades.

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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago

Back in the Windows 7 days you could use 7zip. I've been using it since like XP

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