I've covered a lot of Windows apps for all different needs at SlashGear. Here are five free apps you should install as soon ...

Microsoft has silently mitigated a high-severity Windows LNK vulnerability exploited by multiple state-backed and cybercrime ...

I can create archives in popular formats like ZIP and 7Z, extract files from obscure formats I’ve never even heard of, and everything happens faster than I expected. After using it to organize years’ ...

Every new Windows laptop starts the same way. It looks tidy, but within a day you notice the small annoyances. Finding files takes too long, multitasking feels clumsy, and some formats still need ...

Threat actors are exploiting a recently patched 7-Zip vulnerability that leads to remote code execution (RCE), NHS England warns. The bug, tracked as CVE-2025-11001 (CVSS score of 7.0), is described ...

Update: The NHS England Digital, in an updated advisory on November 20, 2025, said it has not observed in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2025-11001, but noted that it's "aware of a public ...

In a nutshell: The 7-Zip file archiver is a popular open-source alternative to paid programs like WinZip and WinRAR. Widely used by both organizations and individuals, it has also become a frequent ...

With version 25.00 of 7-Zip, the developer closed some security gaps in July. Until now, however, it was unclear which ones. Trend Micro's Zero-Day Initiative (ZDI) has now published information on ...

When trying to extract a ZIP file, a few users noticed 0x8000FFFF Catastrophic Failure. This vague error typically occurs when the Windows built-in extraction tool ...