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In computing, a zip bomb , also known as a decompression bomb or zip of death (ZOD), is a malicious archive file designed to crash or render useless the program or system reading it. The older the system or program, the less likely it is that the zip bomb will be detected. It is often employed to disable antivirus software, in order to create an opening for more traditional malware.
A zip bomb allows a program to function normally, but, instead of hijacking the program's operation, it creates an archive that requires an excessive amount of time, disk space, computational power, or memory to unpack.
Most modern antivirus programs can detect zip bombs and prevent the user from extracting anything from it.
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