On Wed, 3 Oct 2018 21:41:57 +0200, Tomasz Rola wrote: >> [...] >> > Why not a plain ol' .zip? The greater the variety of nested >> > envelopes, the greater >> >> I think it is because *.zip is (almost) useless for spreading viruses. > >As an afterthought, I can see I should be more explicit... So, no I am >not accusing. It is just after spending way too much time with >computers I can see that we humans are, en masse, idiots. Therefor, if >there is a file format helping with spreading malware, it will be >choosen instead of one that helps inhibiting it. > Gresham's Law?
Not quite. Humans, en masse, are apt to prefer the idiosyncratic utility with a perceived added value such as a GUI. Or, alas, too often automatically opening/launching the extracted object, possibly malware. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
