Default Options in "Extract" context menu

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Default Options in "Extract" context menu

Forum: Help

Creator: Nobody/Anonymous

Created: 2003-10-08

Updated: 2003-10-08

Nobody/Anonymous - 2003-10-08

Just noticed this is set to "Full pathnames" by default while it should be set to relative path names for security. Otherwise one could send you an archive with Full Pathnames putting a EXE in some directory, which may be i.e. a trojan.

And if you don't check the options it will get installed just by extracting :-(

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- Igor Pavlov - 2003-10-08
  
  Now Full Pathnames = Current pathnames
  The difference was in past, maybe will be in future for future functions.
  Full Pathnames was for extracting from some subfolder inside archive with restoring full paths inside archive.
  
  And now 7-zip extracts only to specified folder. c:\something wil be extracted to c\something
  
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  - Nobody/Anonymous - 2003-10-08
    
    Ok that's fine. So extracting should be secure :-)
    
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