Zip Weapon

We have heard sometimes people saying, “That fellow is loitering with a bomb in his lap.” Similarly, it can be said that you are wandering with a bomb in your computer if you have this 42.zip file in your computer .Get this file from http://www.unforgettable.dk . Why is it said like that?

This is called the Zip bomb or the Decompression Bomb. Every thing will be lost, if you unzip this zip file, even by mistake. There will be 16 zip files within this zip file. Those 16 zip files will get unzipped showing out further 16 zip files in each of them. Then those 16 zip files will get unzipped showing out further 16 zip files in each of them. Unzipping like this continuously, this 42.372 kb sized file will expand to become greater than 281 terra bites, thus having no space in the computer’s drive to stay. Net result will be: Everything stands still and the system crashes.

Present day virus scanners identify such files as ZIP-Crash Trojans and delete them immediately. If you don’t have a virus scanner in your computer, its fate will be pathetic. Please do not try this with your or with your friends’ computers. This information is for educational purpose only. :)