This is done to prevent a malicious web page from executing existing files on a user's computer. It also implements additional checks within the web notifier.
WinRAR uses https instead of http in the web notifier window, home page and themes links.
We are thankful to Jacob Thompson - Mandiant Advantage Labs for reporting this issue.Ģ. We already prohibited extracting contents of such malformed archives in WinRAR 6.01. It is done to prevent possible attacks with inclusion of ZIP archive into the signature body. ZIP SFX module refuses to process SFX commands stored in archive comment if such comment is resided after beginning of Authenticode digital signature.
