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7zip program infected with malwares and viruses.

Virus Total scanned the installer as good with malicious and suspecious relations.


The 7-zip program


From the Virus Total scan result

Execution Parents(541) - the files will be created by the program when tested in sandbox

PE Resource Parents(3) - resource files which will be created by the program

and all others

Synaptics.exe is malicious especially because it may used up cpu/disk resources. I want to use tar.gz file format to compress/decompress files. I am using 7-zip to use tar.gz. Is the 7-zip safe to use or it may infect with malwares to use up CPU resources? If it is malicious, then what are the alternatives to the 7-zip?

smith john
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7-Zip is software of good reputation and doesn't contain any malware.

But you have to be careful were you obtained your copy from.
If you downloaded it directly from the original makers (https://www.7-zip.org) it should be fine.

If you got it anywhere else all bets are off. There is no telling what others have added to the installer.
(This is actually true for any software. You just can't trust anything downloaded from random download sites. Always get it straight from the original maker or from a reputable app-store.)

So just download a fresh copy from https://www.7-zip.org and you should be fine.

I just downloaded a fresh copy myself and ran it through VirusTotal as well. Nothing to see there. It is clear.
(The items you are worried about in your post are totally normal for a VirusTotal scan. They are NOT indicative of a virus AT ALL.)

Tonny
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