It is used to overwhelm security software that attempts to scan within archives, preventing it from detecting other, actual malicious files. 4. Mitigation and Defense

"Infinite.zip"—often referred to in technical circles as a type of or decompression bomb (such as the famous 42.zip )—is a maliciously crafted archive file designed to crash, freeze, or overwhelm the storage capacity of any system that attempts to unpack it.

It relies on recursive compression —layers upon layers of nested ZIP files. A single file might contain 100 zip files, each containing 100 more, and so on. 2. How it Works (The Mechanics)