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WinRAR flaw lets hackers run programs when you open RAR archives
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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.
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.
This is the right answer! Since I never used drag and drop I wasn't ever aware that this was an issue.
According to the FAQ:
Cool thanks for the info, I did it by script but then trere is maybe some option I didn't find...
You sure about that? I’ve decompressed huge files, some time ago, using a 3.5” HDD and if it were like that, it would take much longer than needed because of that overlay you talk about.
And it took the same time as WinRar (͡•_ ͡• )
Downvote all you want, but you can configure WinRAR to decompress directly to source.
I had TB files and just no space to have both a copy and the result, IIRC the speed was also obviously better without copying.
I didn’t downvoted your post, I just made a genuine question, since I’ve never noticed that. I’m just sceptic on what you mentioned. ~~Whenever I have some free time, I’ll try to do a deep test on that one!~~
Edit: No need to do a test, since I never use drag n drop (like mentioned on another comment), my test would always show the same outcome as WinRAR.