What is a zip file?
The ZIP file is either a zip file or a compressed file or a collection of files made to the archive using ZIP format. The ZIP disk is a product introduced in 1995 by Iomega®, which is similar to the disk disk technology. Discs are available in 100 MB, 250 MB and 750 MB. The 3.5 -inch discs (8.89 cm) are transportable and rewritable and, like the computer, can hold a wide range of different file types, so in this case, the ZIP file can be a small set to fit. It was produced by PKWARE® for DOS operating system. The ZIP standard was developed by Katz in 1986 and the zipping and unzipping algorithms were placed in a public domain. Other companies then created ZIP utilities, including Nico Mak Computing® - sometimes rendered as "Nico Mac" - which became Winzip® and was obtained by Corel® and Netzip® created by Builders International®. Winzip® is a zip version for an operatorMicrosoft® Windows® and PKWARE® now also creates a ZIP for Windows®, while Maczip is made for Apple® computer and ZIP and UNZIP works on UNIX®. The ZIP standard division occurred between 2001 and 2003, when PKWARE® and WINZIP® went through different directions using different specifications.
Some files that do not have a .zip extension are actually zip files. These include the JAR files with the .jar extension and open XML files in Microsoft® Office® 2007 with .docx extensions. In addition to ZIP files, there are other file extensions that include or refer to the word zip and archive, compress or both. These include 7-Zip, Alzip, Bzip2, GZIP, LZIP and RZIP.
In May 2010, several types of malware attacks emerged using ZIP files. In the first case, malwarenabilized is via immediate report on Innocent-Seeeming on Yahoo! Instant Messenger® or Skype®, but when the picture isThe file clicks, the zip file offered for download contains a worm. In a similar time frame of security suppliers, they announced to the public that the department of human resources was focused on e -mail, which seemed to contain resume tasks in the zip file, but ZIP actually contains malware.