RAR File extraction

I need to extract a RAR file. The unarchiver wants a password. Which password does it want, I don't know. It doesn't accept my Apple ID. Can anyone help?


Posted on Oct 13, 2019 7:34 AM

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Oct 13, 2019 9:14 AM in response to independentfilmmaker

Why would you hand a RAR file—or something pretending to be a RAR file—your Apple ID password?


Did the “RAR” file and the “free fideo” tell you to do that?


That’d be bad.


A password-protected free video, where no password is available nor provided, is not a free video.


I’d wonder if that might be malware and a free video.


’Free” is one of the ways used to encourage folks to load malware onto a Mac, after all.


I’d NOT provide an admin password here, as I’d rather not have this RAR file unpack something untoward onto my system.


Contact the folks that provided this free video.


And I’d change your Apple ID password immediately, if there’s any chance that this isn’t really a RAR file, or if you just downloaded or don’t control this RAR tool.

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