While usually dismissed as a or a corrupted archive, the "long story" behind it has evolved into a digital legend. The Origin: The Dead Link
A piece of viral marketing or a hobbyist project meant to spark exactly this kind of online mystery.
Most people who downloaded it found a corrupted file that wouldn't open. But the "legend" says that if you managed to bypass the encryption, you’d find a series of folders named after dates in the future. 📂 The "Contents" of the Archive