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I Tried Replacing 7-Zip With This Open-Source Alternative, Here's How It Went

At the top, you will find three main options—Add, Convert, and Extract. Selecting the Add option allows you to archive files, ...
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Worrying Windows security issue patched by 7-Zip, so patch now - MSN

"7-Zip File Manager didn't propagate Zone.Identifier stream for extracted files from nested archives (if there is open archive inside another open archive)," the project’s developer, Igor Pavlov ...
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Best Free File Compression software for Windows PC

List of best freeware file compression software for Windows 11/10 PC. 7-Zip, PeaZip, IZArc will let you archive & extract files efficiently.
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7-zip now supports Windows ‘Mark-of-the-Web’ security feature

7-zip has finally added support for the long-requested 'Mark-of-the-Web' Windows security feature, providing better protection from malicious downloaded files.
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Microsoft steps up its Windows 11 file management game - TechRadar

Microsoft has announced native (as in, built-in) support for 7-Zip file and RAR file formats in Windows 11 22H2.
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7-Zip: Gap allows circumvention of Mark-of-the-Web

A security vulnerability in 7-Zip allows the mark-of-the-web protection mechanism to be bypassed and code to be executed. An update is available.
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How to Zip a folder using a Batch file in Windows 11

We show you how to create a ZIP file using a Batch file. You can make use of the command-line interface 7-Zip software in Windows 11/10.