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Research by security firms like Trend Micro and Proofpoint has identified several threats delivered via this method:

: The naming convention mimics a legitimate browser behavior (adding a number when a file is downloaded multiple times), tricking users into thinking it is a file they previously intended to download. Download (12) rar

: Configure Windows to "Show file extensions" to ensure a file is actually a .rar and not a hidden .exe . Research by security firms like Trend Micro and

: When a user double-clicks the file inside the archive, the vulnerability causes the application to execute a malicious script from the identically named folder instead. Download (12) rar