Reply to post: Re: Mmmm, lots of free space caused by the new executable file format

Facebook building 'on-demand executable file format' that self-inflates using homebrew compression

MrReynolds2U

Re: Mmmm, lots of free space caused by the new executable file format

Proprietary compression means it may take a while for AV scanning services to be able to accurately scan inside these executables for malicious code. Best to just blocklist anything with that file signature / magic number.

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