7-Zip
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
4warn against
Nov 24, 2025first mention
Sep 22, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“You have to use 7-Zip instead.”
“I use it like a poor man's binwalk to extract firmware files and updates”
Caveats and dissent
“.7z being there just discredits the entire process.”
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“will probably change back soon to the malware links”
“I migrated from 7-Zip to NanaZip, a fork with modern Windows features that the original developer refuses to implement.”
switched from 7-Zipon “7zip.com Is Serving Malware”
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Data: 7-zip.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 20
“Please no - no native zstd support.”
“I downloaded the installer, opened it with 7zip, and extracted the app.asar file”
“opening an old version of the iTunes installer in 7-zip”
“You have to use 7-Zip instead.”
“Why use it w/ 7-zip though. 7-zip archives multiple files/directories and supports encryption.”
“.7z being there just discredits the entire process.”
“7-zip can also read ext4 to some degree”
“I use it like a poor man's binwalk to extract firmware files and updates”
“for example with 7zip”
“This has been a long-standing problem with 7-Zip.”
“will probably change back soon to the malware links”
“They are byte-for-byte identical.”
“I migrated from 7-Zip to NanaZip, a fork with modern Windows features that the original developer refuses to implement.”
“So I wanted to get 7zip but there was no linux version.”
Same, but additionally Irfanview. And once upon a time, Media Player Classic used to be on that list. This train of thought made me go find https://www.oldversion.com/. For a while, that was invaluable.
“you must use 7-zip, winrar etc”
You can disable the new right click menu with one registry tweak: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/disable-show-more-options-context-menu-in-windows-11.1589/
“The 7-zip creator has been unable or unwilling to make these changes”
“I had to install 7zip because explorer couldn't present me the password dialog”
“I use 7 zip all the time”