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Old Today, 01:33 AM   #46
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Like a Zip file a rar file can contain multiple files. A poisoned rar file can contain a script which, when extracted, can infect a vulnerable computer. So someone thinks they are downloading an ebook but they are actually downloading malicious software. Many people aren't famiiar with rar files so it is easier to fool them.
Yeah I don't get why Rar files exist when Zip files already exist.
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RAR files have a few advantages. Higher compression (though 7z is better for this), being able to store NTFS filestreams, recovery records. I prefer them when making backups.
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Zip is one of the oldest compression formats around, and newer compression formats and archivers are always being invented to try to save additional space or to add new features, such as LZMA (7-Zip, lzip) and zstd.
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