SITX files?

polonus · 2006-11-01T08:41:52.000Z

Hi malware fighters,

Does one have to use the stuffit expander to unpack sitx files? Can you use another compression program to unpack sitx extension files, and finally does avast scan inside sitx files?

polonus

igor0 · 2006-11-01T09:57:02.000Z

The stuffit format is closed and proprietary, so you probably won’t find many packers/unpackers other than StuffIt Expanded (even Apple itself doesn’t have it, so - unless I’m mistaken - it’s not supported by default in MacOS either).
avast! certainly doesn’t scan this format, and I doubt it will.

polonus · 2006-11-01T10:11:19.000Z

Hi Igor,

And how about this?
http://ftp.linux.cz/pub/tex/CTAN/archive-tools/unstuff/

polonus

igor0 · 2006-11-01T14:08:42.000Z

Well, I just saw that (when I was replying to your post), but even if it works, it’s probably only for .sit, not .sitx (don’t know the real difference though ;)).

Mac · 2006-11-01T14:48:33.000Z

Igor is Correct. Apple does not support Stuffit files in the compression Utility in Mac OS X. Mac users have always had to download the stuffit expander

Mac · 2006-11-01T14:57:37.000Z

And as for the difference StuffIt X (sitx) adds multiple compression algorithms and also added several encryption options.

Announcements