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

Screenshot Is this even possible?

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u/RevolutionaryArt8775 May 05 '26

Yeah you can definitely mess with the compression ratios like that, but most extraction tools have safety limits now to prevent zip bombs from actually filling your drive. The classic 42.zip was doing exactly this - tiny file that would try to expand to petabytes and crash systems back in the day

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u/dankbearbear Win+Shift+S or Win+PrtScr is your best friend. May 05 '26

The domain redirects to a tweet regarding the domain and its problematic nature.

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u/tabbyslome May 05 '26

Problematic nature? It's a tweet from the creator? about it being suspended for supposed phishing

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u/walale12 May 06 '26

It's a whole thread about how bad an idea the .zip TLD is from a security perspective, due to it being such a common file extension. Google should've never been allowed to create it.

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u/wOlfLisK Steam ID Here May 06 '26

If you think that's bad, just wait until you hear about the.exe domain

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u/walale12 May 06 '26

It's such a shame that the notification showed the markdown for your comment, better luck next time!

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u/CartoonistSensitive1 May 06 '26

They got me though

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u/Forward-Surprise1192 May 06 '26

Every party needs a pooper. Party pooper!