TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWinRAR flaw lets hackers run programs when you open RAR archiveswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1639arrow-down18cross-posted to: news@kbin.socialcybersecurity@infosec.pub
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minus-squareseverien@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoThat’s, quite ironically, a pretty ignorant opinion. There are areas where WinRAR is stronger than 7zip.
minus-squarekattenluik@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe person you replied to never mentioned 7-Zip, and there’s forks and other programs that are probably just as strong in the same areas.
minus-squareseverien@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year ago“probably” The commenter implied that there’s a tool which is better than WinRAR in everything and therefore there can’t possibly be a reason to use WinRAR. Which application is it then?
minus-squarekattenluik@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’d need to know the areas you consider 7-Zip to be stronger in first, because I can’t think of anything myself.
That’s, quite ironically, a pretty ignorant opinion. There are areas where WinRAR is stronger than 7zip.
The person you replied to never mentioned 7-Zip, and there’s forks and other programs that are probably just as strong in the same areas.
“probably”
The commenter implied that there’s a tool which is better than WinRAR in everything and therefore there can’t possibly be a reason to use WinRAR. Which application is it then?
I’d need to know the areas you consider 7-Zip to be stronger in first, because I can’t think of anything myself.
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