 Winzip 10 Vunerability/update To Winzip 11 |
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 Dec 25 2006, 12:02 PM
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$p4m 0n j00 $h4m3 m3 0nc3 $p4m 0n m3 $h4m3 m3 7\/\/1c3  Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 6,422 Joined: 21-September 04 From: 9r33|\| 399$ 4|\|D 5P4/\/\ Member No.: 1,218   |
Although this is a month old and most likely people have already done this, but for those who who use winzip their is a somewhat major vulnerability with WINZIP in which they patched it with build 7245.
http://www.winzip.com/wz7245.htm QUOTE This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a system with an unpatched installation of WinZip 10.0 if the user was to visit a malicious web page. While there are no known exploits as of this announcement, WinZip 10.0 users are strongly urged to update to build 7245, due to the critical nature of the vulnerability. Of course by now Winzip 11 has come out and fixed this so it would be wise to download winzip 11 for any security updates that might have been done to winzip with in the month of this build and Winzip 11. |
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Dec 25 2006, 08:22 PM
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Trap Grand Marshal Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 1,308 Joined: 11-January 06 From: Chennai, India Member No.: 16,932 |
Wow that's great, I recently made a post on the Vulnerability in Winzip 10. Thats very glad to hear a next stable update is released for winzip.
Can we update from Winzip 10 to WinZip 11 without needing to purchase a new license, that is by using the Licence of Winzip 10. |
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Dec 25 2006, 08:29 PM
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$p4m 0n j00 $h4m3 m3 0nc3 $p4m 0n m3 $h4m3 m3 7\/\/1c3 Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 6,422 Joined: 21-September 04 From: 9r33|\| 399$ 4|\|D 5P4/\/\ Member No.: 1,218 |
you have to repurchase a license but at 50% off. Of course I don't really see the need to purchase winzip since it's major flaw is that it is free for the most part except for that long load up screen.
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Dec 27 2006, 05:53 AM
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Moderator  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,332 Joined: 26-December 04 From: Canada Member No.: 2,940 |
I highly doubt that anyone's going to hack my computer and take control of WinZip.... that's kind of ridiculous...
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Dec 27 2006, 11:48 AM
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$p4m 0n j00 $h4m3 m3 0nc3 $p4m 0n m3 $h4m3 m3 7\/\/1c3 Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 6,422 Joined: 21-September 04 From: 9r33|\| 399$ 4|\|D 5P4/\/\ Member No.: 1,218 |
Well was it ridiculous that someone would take a whistle blow it in a pay phone and get free long distance? You be surprised. it doesn't take popular software to crack a computer you just need to find the right spot and their you go a computer just been hacked.
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Dec 28 2006, 12:22 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 293 Joined: 17-December 05 From: Error 404 Member No.: 15,848 |
This really doesn't bother me much. I use WinRAR for all of my archiving needs. This might sound like a very stupid question to ask, but is WinRAR also vulnerable to this exploit? :|
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Dec 28 2006, 02:22 AM
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$p4m 0n j00 $h4m3 m3 0nc3 $p4m 0n m3 $h4m3 m3 7\/\/1c3 Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 6,422 Joined: 21-September 04 From: 9r33|\| 399$ 4|\|D 5P4/\/\ Member No.: 1,218 |
I doubt it they may work the same way but most likely the programming is different and just went to their site and didn't see anything about a security update of any sorts.
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Jan 2 2007, 09:10 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 273 Joined: 14-April 06 From: Ontario, Canada, North America, Planet Earth Member No.: 21,845 |
Everyone, there is a free archiving/decompression program that is called ZipGenius. I am NOT vulnerable to any known security threats with ZipGenius because there aren't any yet.
It is a bit over 5 MB and has a very easy-to-use and powerful user interface. Also, it acts like WinZip and WinRAR combined. It has many features (at least good enough for my needs). Try it today! |
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Jan 9 2007, 04:53 PM
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Moderator Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,332 Joined: 26-December 04 From: Canada Member No.: 2,940 |
I don't really like Winzip since it doesn't support RAR files. However, I really don't understand how they "license" the winzip if you can use it for an unlimited amount of time. Actually a lot of these zipping software can be used for unlimited amount of time... I used PowerArchiver for over 400 days and it didn't expire yet...
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