When people talk about file compression, they usually mean ZIP. In fact, they often make it into a verb–much like we “Google” things on the Internet, we “zip” files before sending them over email. But ...

The computer programs 7-Zip and FileZilla serve two very different, but potentially related, purposes. The purpose of 7-Zip is to manage archives of files on your computer locally. FileZilla is a File ...

Even after uninstalling 7-Zip from your computer you find that the 7-Zip.dll file is still present inside the Program Files\7-Zip folder, and you are unable to delete this file, then you can use the ...

A compressed version of files, popularly known as zipped files are convenient but also prone to errors. So, when you attempt to open such files using freeware utilities like 7-Zip, you may encounter ...

An official version of the popular 7-zip archiving program has been released for Linux for the first time. Linux already had support for the 7-zip archive file format through a POSIX port called p7zip ...

Researchers have discovered that 7-Zip harbours a number of severe security flaws which has left developers which implement the software rushing to fix holes in their own products. 7-Zip is an ...

Version 25.00 of the widely used compression tool 7-Zip was released at the weekend. It speeds up some compression algorithms – and also closes security gaps. In the development history on the 7-Zip ...

You can compress and decompress .zip format archive files using Windows’ own built-in capabilities, but that’s limited. Or you can use a commercial program like ...

A vulnerability has been discovered in the popular 7-Zip app for Windows. This would allow a local user to gain higher-level access. The flaw is now disputed, with one analyst even claiming it was a ...

7-Zip is a popular, powerful, and versatile file archive utility that you can use to compress or decompress files and folders. The free and open source software is something of a Swiss Army Knife ...

A security vulnerability in 7-Zip allows the mark-of-the-web protection mechanism to be bypassed and code to be executed. An update is available. A security vulnerability in the popular archive ...

There has been an ever-increasing number of vulnerabilities and malware rearing their ugly heads lately. One of the most common things these malware will attempt to do is gain elevated permissions to ...