Crazy Zip
Ok this post is a bit geeky but I just found it too unbelievable not to post. The site contains this crazy zip file thats only 42KB in size but when expanded uncompresses to 4.5 petabytes! [Link]
1 petabyte = 1000 terabyte
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Jul 28, 2008
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13 Comments, add your own...
1. AMQ | July 28th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
this will violate my prescious mac.
2. lensman | July 28th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Wow thats amazing!!! 4.5 petabytes! How did the guy initially store the uncompressed file?
3. Mo Hat | July 28th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
I think how it works is they’re dummy files, no actual space, just used to pad. A 1 byte dummy file could be modified to say it’s 10TB etc.
4. 3baid | July 28th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
You can generate zip files that inflate as allocating zeroes or ones to the hard drive. It’s nothing special.
5. dogbert | July 28th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
this is pretty simple to generate.
Basically, if you have 1 followed by 4.05323966 × 10^16 bits, that will be a 4.5TB file but it should take very little space to store the formula that the file is “1 followed by 4.05323966 × 10^16 bits”
6. mocman | July 28th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
its just a plain txt file with 1 character repeated over and over again. so when you zip it the compression algol reduces the size to almost nothing…
7. Snake | July 29th, 2008 at 2:01 am
this is a trojan named Archbomb.zip
8. Srofessor Pnape | July 29th, 2008 at 4:19 am
The Zip File contains a Malware namely Multi:ArchiveBomb [Expl] .
If You’ve got Avast! Antivirus Installed on your PC,It will Abor the Download and Will not allow you to use it.
Open This FIle At Your Own Risks as a very famous program has called it a malware.
Commented in Public Interest By The Srofessor Pnape.
9. TanGo | July 29th, 2008 at 8:12 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_bomb
10. Ahmed | July 29th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
The Zip File contains a Trojan named Trojan.Arcbomb
Scanned by BitDefender Antivirus
11. Amanco | July 30th, 2008 at 1:37 am
Poor post!
I had to comment on this as this contains a trojan virus and your lovely site is spreading it to your loyal fans. better to delete this post!
12. Virusx | July 30th, 2008 at 2:08 am
too old dear
i did this when i was just 13y
i zipped 1 peta on a floppy disk
i think i still have it
13. okra | July 30th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
the question is, is this file worth the trouble?
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