Zip bombs utilize two primary methods to achieve extreme compression ratios:
: 42.zip was a 42-kilobyte file that expanded to 4.5 petabytes (4,503,599,627,370,496 bytes) of data.
: Antivirus software and automated scripts often try to "peek" inside archives to scan for viruses. A zip bomb forces these scanners to keep diving deeper into layers, eventually consuming all available RAM and CPU cycles. B. Identical Data Compression