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[Kaimetsu]

Originally Posted by Slash-P2P

I've had people try to send me viruses before so no .zip files either. Sorry

wtf, dude. Zips aren't dangerous.

[Slash-P2P]

Originally Posted by Kaimetsu

wtf, dude. Zips aren't dangerous.

Back in the days of Bravo, and when I thought Norton AntiVirus was useful, someone sent me a .zip file containing "heads". Norton caught a trojan when I went to open the zip file. Ever since I've never trusted people sending me zips.

[Kaimetsu]

Originally Posted by Slash-P2P

Back in the days of Bravo, and when I thought Norton AntiVirus was useful, someone sent me a .zip file containing "heads". Norton caught a trojan when I went to open the zip file

Then presumably the files inside the zip were infected. Simply opening it would not involve any danger! Zip is simply a container medium, it is not executed and (unless you prompt it) neither are its contents.

[Slash-P2P]

Originally Posted by Kaimetsu

Then presumably the files inside the zip were infected. Simply opening it would not involve any danger! Zip is simply a container medium, it is not executed and (unless you prompt it) neither are its contents.

I've had a corrupted .zip file turn out to be a virus before. I never even opened the file.

[Kaimetsu]

Originally Posted by Slash-P2P

I've had a corrupted .zip file turn out to be a virus before

No you haven't. Not unless it was something like virus.zip.exe.

[Slash-P2P]

Originally Posted by Kaimetsu

No you haven't. Not unless it was something like virus.zip.exe.

I remember seeing "The archive is invalid or corrupt" so it wasn't a .zip.exe

[Kaimetsu]

Originally Posted by Slash-P2P

I remember seeing "The archive is invalid or corrupt" so it wasn't a .zip.exe

Then, I dunno, some idiot thought he could rename an exe as a zip without removing its potency.

Here is the thing, again: Zips are not executed! Nor do they automatically execute their contents! It is conceivable that a file could exploit buffer overflow exploits in specific clients, but that possibility exists whenever you open almost any file - be it PNG, ZIP, NW, etc. Unless you're using an exceedingly stupid, unpatched client, you don't have anything to worry about.