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WinZip has security flaw fix

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Phantasm66, Sep 7, 2004.

  1. Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training Posts: 6,504

    Recently, some security flaws were found in versions 3.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x and 9.x of Winzip which could allow an attacker to execute malicious code on a Windows PC. Now, Winzip have made a fix available which will plug the flaw in the way WinZip handles command line inputs. This fix is contained in WinZip 9.0 Service Release 1 (SR-1). The service pack also contains other security enhancements, such as if a user double-clicks on an .exe file compressed within a Zip file, WinZip will warn that the compressed file could contain a virus.

    Winzip recommends on its Web site that all users upgrade to version 9 to get the fix at no cost.
    Phantasm66, Sep 7, 2004
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