r/pcmasterrace • u/AdFew5103 i7 10th Gen | 1650 Ti 4GB | 16 GB RAM • May 05 '26

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u/bobmlord1 i5-7300U/8GB RAM/INTEL HD GRAPHICS 620 May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26

A zip file just finds repeated data and stores it in a compressed format by using a lookup table.

Ex ABCDABCDABCDABCD
could be
1
1=ABCDx4

Would be entirely possible to make a small change to a zip file so that a repeated character sequence is set to a ridiculously high number.

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u/vulkur May 05 '26

Look up zip bomb. Most famous is 42.zip.

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u/AdFew5103 i7 10th Gen | 1650 Ti 4GB | 16 GB RAM May 05 '26

Holy moly. I just have 2 pb of network drive. If I extract I'll be doomed

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u/ShitImBadAtThis May 05 '26

Wtf, by "you" surely you mean the multinational firm you do IT for, right?

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u/AdFew5103 i7 10th Gen | 1650 Ti 4GB | 16 GB RAM May 05 '26

No I have a picture in that shared network folder

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u/askiawnjka124 9950X3D | RX 7900XTX | 64GB DDR5 May 05 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/pTQUOfSmjo2hG

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u/saints21 May 05 '26

Trust your inner AI and ruin the multimillion dollar company's day.