WinRAR patch is issued but the unpatched are at risk [Archive]

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gary

20-03-2019, 11:25 AM

In a March 19th 2019 article at techxplore.com (https://techxplore.com/news/2019-03-winrar-patch-issued-unpatched.html), Nancy Cohen reports
on how Window's users who use the third party WinRAR archive utility
but who are not yet using the latest version 5.7 update are potentially
vulnerable to "booby trapped" malicious archive files.

Story here :-
https://techxplore.com/news/2019-03-winrar-patch-issued-unpatched.html

Exfso

20-03-2019, 01:25 PM

Thanks Gary, my licensed version was 5.6 so I have updated it to 5.7:thumbsup:

RAJAH235

20-03-2019, 11:42 PM

&...For those that want to try/use another program,
use "7Zip."
> https://www.7-zip.org/
or even "justzipit."
> https://justzipit.en.downloadastro.com/

sil

21-03-2019, 10:57 AM

Yep I switched to 7Zip years ago never looked back. I only archive to zip format as its most stable and portable so best chance of opening in years to come. It also opens every archive format I throw at it too. None of these WinZip and WinRar issues anymore. I find it odd that anyone uses those programs anymore.