: It is an open-source format with an open architecture, meaning it can handle extremely large files (up to 16 exabytes) and supports Unicode filenames. Security Warning
: Uses the LZMA (Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain algorithm) and LZMA2 to achieve compression ratios significantly better than the standard ZIP format.
Recent cybersecurity reports from sources like Trend Micro and Mishcon de Reya have highlighted a high-severity vulnerability () in older versions of 7-Zip.
: Supports strong AES-256 encryption , allowing users to protect the contents and even the filenames within the archive.