From: jmclnx@gmail.com.invalid   
      
   Rich  wrote:   
   > candycanearter07  wrote:   
      
   >>>   
   >>> Why would anybody bother with .rar any more?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Compatibility?   
   >   
   > The more common reason is that rar is used in "the scene" for video   
   > files (I believe because it was first, way back, with the ability to   
   > split a larger than X size file into X sized chunks as part of creating   
   > the archive).  And then taking the resulting "rars" and upon   
   > extraction, recreating that "larger than X" file.   
   >   
      
      
   Probably for Windows viruses too.  I am getting rar   
   attachments in spam and all the rar files contain a   
   Windows exe File.  To me, these are obvious viriuses.   
      
   I have not used any M/S systems for a very long time, so   
   all I can do is hex dump the exec.  So I cannot tell what   
   they will attempt to do.   
      
      
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