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What is a zip bomb??

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The video explains a technical concept in a humorous and engaging way, using visual aids and relatable scenarios to illustrate the potential consequences of a zip bomb.

Summary

The video explains what a zip bomb is by showing a Discord message that describes a zip bomb as a file that unextracts to an enormous size. The creator then demonstrates how attempting to extract such a file would cause a computer's hard drive to fill up with random text files, effectively crashing it.

Structure

1Explaining what a zip bomb is
2Showing a Discord message about a zip bomb
3Demonstrating the extraction process
4Showing the computer freezing and hard drive filling up

On-screen text

stopdropnboogie What is a zip bomb?? 1m Reply WHAT IS A ZIP BOMB UH YOU JUST GO FUNNY.ZIP 2.40 MB Deleted User 13/11/2020 I've made a zip bomb that unextracts to the teeny tiny size of 55.4 YOTTABYTES. for context, a zettabyte is 0.001 of a yottabyte, and as of 2016, internet traffic is 1.1 zettabyte per year. AHEAD AND EXTRACT IT THE VICTIM FILE IT WOULD SAY 31% complete Copying 18 items from Funny Pictures to Funny Pictures 31% complete Name: C0341 Time Remaining: Calculating... Items remaining: 14 (369 MB) Speed: 172 MB/s Fewer details IT ONLY A FEW MEGABYTES AND THEN 40 AND THEN 400 AND THEN FOUR PETABYTES NO STOP FANS START FIRING UP YOUR CURSOR FREEZES JUST LIKE THAT YOUR HARD DRIVE RANDOM TEXT FILES zip bomb malicious archive file (zip of death - decompression bomb) ZIP BOMBS BASICALLY OF DATA IN INNOCENT LOOKING FILE SO YOU UNZIP IT AND IT COOKS YOUR COMPUTER

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What happens when you open a ZIP Bomb?? #carterpcs #Tech #pc #gaming