"WinRAR Patches 19-Year-Old Security Vulnerability That Put Millions at Risk"

A 19-year old security vulnerability in WinRAR, discovered by researchers at Check Point Software Technologies, has been patched. The WinRAR bug could allow the extraction of a malicious program to a computer's startup folder, which could then be executed the next time the computer is started. This article continues to discuss the bug and how it has been addressed.