The file is a notorious example of a "ZIP bomb" (or "decompression bomb"), a malicious archive file designed to crash or disable the system reading it. ⚠️ What is Dear-Monster.zip?
"Dear-Monster" often employs . The main ZIP file contains several other ZIP files, which contain more ZIP files, and so on. Level 1 : One small ZIP file. Level 2 : Contains 10 ZIP files. Dear-Monster.zip
: It is often sent to email servers to "blow up" their antivirus scanners. When the scanner tries to inspect the file, it crashes the security software. The file is a notorious example of a
While it started as a "prank" in early internet culture, it has more serious uses today: which contain more ZIP files