Russia and China-backed hackers are exploiting WinRAR zero-day bug

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7zip exists and is free.

7zip will unpack rar files? I've used it for years and never knew.

It'll unpack everything

Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM Unpacking only: APFS, AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VHDX, VMDK, XAR and Z.

https://www.7-zip.org/

Will it unpack my bags from the weekend? Cos it's Friday now and I still can't be bothered

If you give it access to robot arms it will.

What about the emotional baggage I lug around on a daily basis?

You may have problems unpacking RAR of latest format versions with 7zip. It's been some time since I encountered that.

Yea. It just can’t pack files into RaR.

I can't find any reason why someone would still use rar in 2023. When I see anyone using it, it means to me they're as technologically literate as my grandpa.

So pretty literate compared to most older people.