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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Why Is Anybody Using WinRAR?
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 16:10:04 -0000 (UTC)
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 00:56 this Thursday (GMT):
> A few times, I have downloaded .rar archives and tried re-encoding
> them as .7z. In every case, the 7-Zip version was smaller.
>
> Why would anybody bother with .rar any more?
>
><https://www.tomshardware.com/software/winrar-exploit-enables-attackers-to-run-malicious-code-on-your-pc-critical-vulnerability-patched-in-latest-beta-update>


Compatibility?
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