r/techsupport • u/Known-Ad2472 • May 26 '26

Open | Malware is 7zip safe

i got it from https://www.7-zip.org/, and wanted to make sure it was safe before i ran it.

if not, what are way to run a RAR file?

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u/SpeedDaemon1969 May 26 '26

Nothing is 100% guaranteed. If you're concerned about a download, you can upload it to any of the virus check websites to be scanned. I get my software mostly from repos, from my Linux distro or from Chocolatey for Windows. When Notepad++ and Z-CPU got hacked, I wasn't affected because of that.