The number of computer viruses is constantly growing. Every day there are new kinds of “digital plague”, affecting hundreds of thousands of PCs worldwide. As a rule, viruses are intended to receive the benefit — the theft of passwords, credit card data and other sensitive information. Rarely there are viruses aimed to destroy the user’s computer. And it seems that the new “PC shredder” has started to gain popularity.
Not long ago, the Network has discovered one of the most famous of the so-called ZIP bombs called 42.zip. It should be noted that such viruses existed before, but now they are starting to get a rebirth. Such files are called “Archives of death”. So what is 42.zip? In fact, it is a zipped file weighing in at 42 kilobytes. Only now, after unzipping the file will already weigh 4.5 petabytes. How is that possible? All thanks to clever algorithms, archiving and data generation. As reported by the author of the Telegram channel, spreading the news (the name of the channel for obvious reasons we will not be called, as there is a link to download the malicious file)
“Inside the archive contains 5 layers file 16 file level. The size of each file on the last level is 4.3 gigabytes. Many anti-virus software has learned to recognize the malware. But still, there are craftsmen that encrypt data files, to hide them from antivirus”.
The archive when unpacking causes a system crash and damage of the computer components, which is simply not cope with the received information. The administration of our website we strongly recommend that you install on your computer unknown files and even more so to go and check 42.zip in action.
The Network found an endless archive of death
Vladimir Kuznetsov