Microsoft is adding native support for RAR, 7-Zip, and GZ archives to an upcoming version of Windows 11 expected this week.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/windows-11-adding-native-support-for-7-zip-rar-and-gz-archives/

Windows 11 adding native support for 7-Zip, RAR, and GZ archives

Microsoft is adding native support for RAR, 7-Zip, and GZ archives to an upcoming version of Windows 11 expected this week.

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Super. Now we can open the .rar malware that comes in via email without any additional software @BleepingComputer
@jerry do average people still actually *use* RAR files anymore? Feels like Microsoft would be better served scrapping RAR and adding BZ2 , LZ, XZ, Zstd, etc.
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@mattcen @jerry @BleepingComputer Average people don't but some malware actors use rar for collecting and exfiltrating data.