A file designed to crash a system by expanding into petabytes of useless data when opened.

Some versions are reported to contain scripts that change desktop wallpapers, play distorted audio, or delete system files.

The file is often associated with "malware art" or "creepypasta" style internet mysteries. It is typically categorized as:

Only analyze it within a or a Virtual Machine (VM) with no internet access.

If you are writing an informative post, you can use this structure:

xane.zip