The file is built by compressing a set of files that are themselves compressed, repeating this process -levels deep.
A tiny compressed file (often only a few kilobytes or megabytes in size) that expands into a gargantuan amount of data (petabytes, exabytes, or "infinite" space) upon extraction. Infinite.zip
When an antivirus scanner or user unzips the file, the decompression engine attempts to expand every layer, leading to an exponential increase in disk space usage. 3. Purpose and Impact The file is built by compressing a set