<ul><li>Security researchers have discovered a flaw in WinRAR that allows hackers to deploy malware on Windows devices by bypassing the Mark of the Web security mechanism.</li><li>The vulnerability was found in all older versions of WinRAR and has been addressed in the latest version, 7.11. Users are advised to update their WinRAR to the latest version.</li><li>The flaw is related to a symlink pointing at an executable, where the Mark of the Web data is ignored and the warning is not shown.</li><li>To mitigate the risk, users should keep their archivers up to date and exercise caution while downloading files from the internet.</li></ul>

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