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
    211·
    1 year 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·
      1 year 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.

    • TheMadnessKing@lemdro.idEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      WinRAR has so much better UI than 7zip.

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

    • Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.comEnglish
      02·
      1 year 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
        4·
        1 year 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.