: Your computer or browser might be misidentifying the archive as a text file. If you open a RAR file in a standard text editor like Notepad, you will see unreadable, garbled characters ("mojibake") because it is binary data, not plain text .
: Be cautious with unusual archive files. Cybercriminals often hide malicious scripts inside compressed files. You should scan the file with antivirus software before attempting to extract its contents.
: The "interesting text" you mentioned might be a specific document (like a .txt or .doc file) that was stored inside the archive and then extracted.
If you are seeing "interesting text" within it or if it is being treated as a text file, it is likely due to one of the following:
To view the actual content correctly, you need to use a dedicated extraction tool like WinRAR, 7-Zip , or WinZip .