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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

WinRAR flaw lets hackers run programs when you open RAR archives

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WinRAR flaw lets hackers run programs when you open RAR archives

www.bleepingcomputer.com

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

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.

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Interesting. About a month ago I joined the elite club of WinRAR licence owners.
- @stephen01king@lemmy.zip
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  These hackers must be targeting you, then.
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  2•2 years ago
  One of three

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