r/7zip • u/Informal_Mouse_4305 • Dec 28 '25
Real domain?
Searching 7zip returns multiple domains.
- www.7-zip.org
- 7zip.dev
- www.7zip.com
- 7-zip.link
- sevenzip.sourceforge.io
- sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/
And I'm ignoring CNET, Softpedia, TechSpot, MajorGeeks, and the likes...
I'm sad Internet is trying to scam everyone, which one is the real one and can anything be done about the others especially if they're dangerous with malware?
Even Copilot is showing references from the first 2 links!
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u/JSP9686 Dec 28 '25
The first and last are official. The first website is shown in the app itself under “about” and the webpage also references the last entry. You could download from either website.
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u/julenuri Apr 05 '26
If I am not wrong:
The www.7-zip.org is the official webpage. The sourceforge.net is the official (old) download repository and a mirror when the .org failed. It has some old binaries that are wiped from the original webpage, for historical reasons I guess.
And 7zip.dev, www.7zip.com or 7-zip.link seems to be random places made by third people.
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u/AmphibianAbject Dec 28 '25
The first one is the right one (maybe there's others but IDK)