A high-severity vulnerability has been fixed in WinRAR, the popular file archiver utility for Windows used by millions, that can execute commands on a computer simply by opening an archive.
    • NateNate60@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I never understood the appeal of paid programs. 7-Zip works equally well and is free and open source software. It integrates much nicer into File Explorer as well.

  • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    However, from a practical perspective, deceiving users into performing the required action shouldn’t be overly challenging, and given the vast size of WinRAR’s user base

    Excuse me, but “vast” size of WinRAR’s user base? I didn’t know WinRAR even had any users left.

    • Mr. w00t@lemy.lolEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Well, even FAR manager which they’ve open-souced long time ago is still maintained 😀 Good thing they didn’t discover this bug in 2000s!

      • Scrof@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I’m still using sweet FAR Manager, absolute baller of a software.

      • FarLine99@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 year ago

        It support zip, rar, 7z. Basically all archive formats. It has way better UI. It is open source. It is free in beer.