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
      16•2 years 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.

      • @narc0tic_bird@lemm.eeEnglish
        3•2 years ago

        I like WinRAR for its built-in parity functionality. You can achieve similar results with 7-Zip using PAR2, but having it built right into WinRAR with two options (add a recovery record to each archive, or create separate recovery archives (basically what PAR2 does)) is so much more convenient.

        WinRAR is like what…? 30-35 bucks? That’s per user, unlimited machines, lifetime license. More than fair I’d say.

      • @Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.comEnglish
        -1•2 years ago

        WinRar decompresses directly to destination. All other I have tried does it to like c:/tmp (can probably change that though) then copy it over, which is impractical or even impossible with really large files.

        That’s about it though IMO.

        • @pijon@lemdro.idEnglish
          2•2 years ago

          You can decompress directly to the destination with 7zip as well. You just need to use the “extract” button instead of doing a drag and drop.

      • @TheMadnessKing@lemdro.idEnglish
        -1•2 years ago

        WinRAR has so much better UI than 7zip.

        I will honestly move away from WinRAR if something better with dark theme is launched.