jZip possible malicious software.

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jZip was mentioned a few times on SU, the problem is that it is possible malicious software.

The most prominent problems I've found are:

The website was registered via a proxy service, there's no way to figure out who owns it
The website seems to be associated with the Panthera Project, which is a project of the Discordia Limited company, part of the RIAA 'P2P hunters'.
A scan on virustotal.com of the Setup didn't reveal anything, but I'm not eager to test it out by installing it

Yes, I know that this is very vague information...so, shall I further investigate this or leave it be?

you should really try chat more often :P
– Ivo Flipse Mod
Commented Jan 10, 2011 at 22:10 — Ivo Flipse, Commented Jan 10, 2011 at 22:10
@Ivo Flipse: True, I always forget about that one. :)
– Bobby
Commented Jan 10, 2011 at 22:11 — Bobby, Commented Jan 10, 2011 at 22:11
Just press the link in the sidebar -->
– Ivo Flipse Mod
Commented Jan 10, 2011 at 22:17 — Ivo Flipse, Commented Jan 10, 2011 at 22:17

Ivo Flipse · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-10 22:09:54Z

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Anything we can do to make the internet a safer please for those who can't fight for themselves!

I preemptively killed all current instances, as most where just mentions in regular zip questions.

answered Jan 10, 2011 at 22:09

Ivo FlipseMod

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-20 10:04:46Z

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I removed the last reference on a question

Let me know if this needs to be added to the blacklist in some way; that's a developer only function because it is so dangerous.

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answered Jan 11, 2011 at 5:51

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