@TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoWinRAR flaw lets hackers run programs when you open RAR archiveswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up1651arrow-down18
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minus-square🇨🅾️🇰🅰️N🇪linkfedilinkEnglish-6•2 years agoMicrosoft basically copied WinRAR added it to the OS, back in the windows 7 days you needed WinRAR
minus-square@AProfessional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish12•2 years agoImplementing support for a widely used format isn’t “basically copied” and there have been alternatives for decades.
minus-square@glimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 years 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