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Russia and China-backed hackers are exploiting WinRAR zero-day bug (techcrunch.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Wilshire to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, WinRAR asks for money.

[–] JewGoblin 2 points 1 year ago

lol

[–] scottywh 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Exactly!

And it's the only thing WinRAR does that 7zip doesn't... Besides all the things 7zip does better... Like compression... 😂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love WinRAR, but you're right here: https://peazip.github.io/peazip-compression-benchmark.html

[–] scottywh 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No one with a brain loves winrar

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You're right. I like Winrar, never had an issue with it in many years of use.