I am running Win2k w/Sp1, WinZip 8.0 (3105) locks up, just right click and close the window on the taskbar... however WinAce Archiver 2.03 locks up and must be killed via the task manager. Les Ault -----Original Message----- From: 3APA3A [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 3:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SECURITY.NNOV: special devices access in multiple archivers Hello, Topic: Special devices access in multiple archivers Author: 3APA3A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Platform: Windows Affected Software: WinZIP Computing's WinZIP 8.0, PKWare PkZip 4.0, RARSoft WinRar 2.80 Risk: average Released: July, 5, 2001 SECURITY.NNOV advisories: http://www.security.nnov.ru/advisories Background: Archive extraction is usually treated by users as safe operation. There are a lot of problem with files extraction though.