: Rumors suggest it contains "lost" media, government secrets, or disturbing surveillance footage. In some versions, the file is nearly a petabyte in size once decompressed, making it a "zip bomb" designed to crash systems.

The story surrounding this file usually follows these beats:

: The "horror" element often comes from the fact that the archive is encrypted, and the creator of the story provides cryptic clues to find the password, leading participants on a digital scavenger hunt (ARG). Why it’s "Good"

: A user claims to have found a massive, compressed file named 897-COMP.7z on a server or a discarded computer.