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by colejohnson66 3693 days ago
IIRC, 7-zip does tell you if the actual format is different. At least it does when I extract some DMGs; it tells me it's actually an HFS "file".
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Not on Windows, at least. The properties dialog can tell you it uses HFS+ if you ask for it, but it's too late because the HFS+ code has already been executed.
I meant when right clicking the archive am choosing "Extract to..." or something using Explorer's context menu.
Interesting, it does display a warning in this case! But it doesn't interrupt extraction so if it's a malicious file the code will still execute.