Be careful of WinRAR!

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  1. Willum

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  3. xsze

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    is this only applies if one is downloading&extracting questionable compressed files from web? :mates:

    I mostly deal with my own compressed files and official stuff of various products, should l worry about this too, really don't understand this tech talk in article at all :no:
     
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    "The issue is located in the text and icon function of the 'text to display in SFX' window module. ... means only exe/sfx on windows affected? :woot: shouldnt be that much ... on my side not a single file - and 99,68 % compressed using rar here
     
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    Did the prat who discovered this notify WinRAR so they could provide a patch for the vulnerability before shouting it from the rooftops?:no:
     
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    If I understand the stated issue correctly, any site, and there are a shitload of them, that offer warez, etc. as an .exe file whether just compiled .exe or compressed rar > sfx >exe, is a possible threat. I just move on & find it elsewhere, goes back to downloading from trusted site, don't ever remember seeing .exe's here....and if I did I wouldn't DL'd it from here either.
     
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    Just to mention:
    You can extraxt a rar'd .exe (SFX) with WinRAR - without executing malicious code!
     
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