diff --git a/lib/dataReader.js b/lib/dataReader.js
index 22e8cb38..5f0130b7 100644
--- a/lib/dataReader.js
+++ b/lib/dataReader.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ function DataReader(data) {
     this.data = null; // type : see implementation
     this.length = 0;
     this.index = 0;
+    this.zero = 0;
 }
 DataReader.prototype = {
     /**
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ DataReader.prototype = {
      * @throws {Error} an Error if the offset is out of bounds.
      */
     checkOffset: function(offset) {
-        this.checkIndex(this.index + offset);
+        this.checkIndex(this.zero + this.index + offset);
     },
     /**
      * Check that the specifed index will not be too far.
diff --git a/lib/nodeBufferReader.js b/lib/nodeBufferReader.js
index 223bd0b9..b603d5a9 100644
--- a/lib/nodeBufferReader.js
+++ b/lib/nodeBufferReader.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ function NodeBufferReader(data) {
     this.data = data;
     this.length = this.data.length;
     this.index = 0;
+    this.zero = 0;
 }
 NodeBufferReader.prototype = new Uint8ArrayReader();
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ NodeBufferReader.prototype = new Uint8ArrayReader();
  */
 NodeBufferReader.prototype.readData = function(size) {
     this.checkOffset(size);
-    var result = this.data.slice(this.index, this.index + size);
+    var result = this.data.slice(this.zero + this.index, this.zero + this.index + size);
     this.index += size;
     return result;
 };
diff --git a/lib/stringReader.js b/lib/stringReader.js
index 895331e4..757d53e2 100644
--- a/lib/stringReader.js
+++ b/lib/stringReader.js
@@ -9,19 +9,20 @@ function StringReader(data, optimizedBinaryString) {
     }
     this.length = this.data.length;
     this.index = 0;
+    this.zero = 0;
 }
 StringReader.prototype = new DataReader();
 /**
  * @see DataReader.byteAt
  */
 StringReader.prototype.byteAt = function(i) {
-    return this.data.charCodeAt(i);
+    return this.data.charCodeAt(this.zero + i);
 };
 /**
  * @see DataReader.lastIndexOfSignature
  */
 StringReader.prototype.lastIndexOfSignature = function(sig) {
-    return this.data.lastIndexOf(sig);
+    return this.data.lastIndexOf(sig) - this.zero;
 };
 /**
  * @see DataReader.readData
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ StringReader.prototype.lastIndexOfSignature = function(sig) {
 StringReader.prototype.readData = function(size) {
     this.checkOffset(size);
     // this will work because the constructor applied the "& 0xff" mask.
-    var result = this.data.slice(this.index, this.index + size);
+    var result = this.data.slice(this.zero + this.index, this.zero + this.index + size);
     this.index += size;
     return result;
 };
diff --git a/lib/uint8ArrayReader.js b/lib/uint8ArrayReader.js
index ce8d1a8b..fd4be09f 100644
--- a/lib/uint8ArrayReader.js
+++ b/lib/uint8ArrayReader.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ function Uint8ArrayReader(data) {
         this.data = data;
         this.length = this.data.length;
         this.index = 0;
+        this.zero = 0;
     }
 }
 Uint8ArrayReader.prototype = new DataReader();
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ Uint8ArrayReader.prototype = new DataReader();
  * @see DataReader.byteAt
  */
 Uint8ArrayReader.prototype.byteAt = function(i) {
-    return this.data[i];
+    return this.data[this.zero + i];
 };
 /**
  * @see DataReader.lastIndexOfSignature
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ Uint8ArrayReader.prototype.lastIndexOfSignature = function(sig) {
         sig3 = sig.charCodeAt(3);
     for (var i = this.length - 4; i >= 0; --i) {
         if (this.data[i] === sig0 && this.data[i + 1] === sig1 && this.data[i + 2] === sig2 && this.data[i + 3] === sig3) {
-            return i;
+            return i - this.zero;
         }
     }
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ Uint8ArrayReader.prototype.readData = function(size) {
         // in IE10, when using subarray(idx, idx), we get the array [0x00] instead of [].
         return new Uint8Array(0);
     }
-    var result = this.data.subarray(this.index, this.index + size);
+    var result = this.data.subarray(this.zero + this.index, this.zero + this.index + size);
     this.index += size;
     return result;
 };
diff --git a/lib/zipEntries.js b/lib/zipEntries.js
index 4b825613..27a4063a 100644
--- a/lib/zipEntries.js
+++ b/lib/zipEntries.js
@@ -33,6 +33,20 @@ ZipEntries.prototype = {
             throw new Error("Corrupted zip or bug : unexpected signature " + "(" + utils.pretty(signature) + ", expected " + utils.pretty(expectedSignature) + ")");
         }
     },
+    /**
+     * Check if the given signature is at the given index.
+     * @param {number} askedIndex the index to check.
+     * @param {string} expectedSignature the signature to expect.
+     * @return {boolean} true if the signature is here, false otherwise.
+     */
+    isSignature: function(askedIndex, expectedSignature) {
+        var currentIndex = this.reader.index;
+        this.reader.setIndex(askedIndex);
+        var signature = this.reader.readString(4);
+        var result = signature === expectedSignature;
+        this.reader.setIndex(currentIndex);
+        return result;
+    },
     /**
      * Read the end of the central directory.
      */
@@ -126,24 +140,31 @@ ZipEntries.prototype = {
             file.readCentralPart(this.reader);
             this.files.push(file);
         }
+
+        if (this.centralDirRecords !== this.files.length) {
+            if (this.centralDirRecords !== 0 && this.files.length === 0) {
+                // We expected some records but couldn't find ANY.
+                // This is really suspicious, as if something went wrong.
+                throw new Error("Corrupted zip or bug: expected " + this.centralDirRecords + " records in central dir, got " + this.files.length);
+            } else {
+                // We found some records but not all.
+                // Something is wrong but we got something for the user: no error here.
+                // console.warn("expected", this.centralDirRecords, "records in central dir, got", this.files.length);
+            }
+        }
     },
     /**
      * Read the end of central directory.
      */
     readEndOfCentral: function() {
         var offset = this.reader.lastIndexOfSignature(sig.CENTRAL_DIRECTORY_END);
-        if (offset === -1) {
+        if (offset < 0) {
             // Check if the content is a truncated zip or complete garbage.
             // A "LOCAL_FILE_HEADER" is not required at the beginning (auto
             // extractible zip for example) but it can give a good hint.
             // If an ajax request was used without responseType, we will also
             // get unreadable data.
-            var isGarbage = true;
-            try {
-                this.reader.setIndex(0);
-                this.checkSignature(sig.LOCAL_FILE_HEADER);
-                isGarbage = false;
-            } catch (e) {}
+            var isGarbage = !this.isSignature(0, sig.LOCAL_FILE_HEADER);
 
             if (isGarbage) {
                 throw new Error("Can't find end of central directory : is this a zip file ? " +
@@ -153,6 +174,7 @@ ZipEntries.prototype = {
             }
         }
         this.reader.setIndex(offset);
+        var endOfCentralDirOffset = offset;
         this.checkSignature(sig.CENTRAL_DIRECTORY_END);
         this.readBlockEndOfCentral();
 
@@ -181,7 +203,7 @@ ZipEntries.prototype = {
 
             // should look for a zip64 EOCD locator
             offset = this.reader.lastIndexOfSignature(sig.ZIP64_CENTRAL_DIRECTORY_LOCATOR);
-            if (offset === -1) {
+            if (offset < 0) {
                 throw new Error("Corrupted zip : can't find the ZIP64 end of central directory locator");
             }
             this.reader.setIndex(offset);
@@ -189,10 +211,39 @@ ZipEntries.prototype = {
             this.readBlockZip64EndOfCentralLocator();
 
             // now the zip64 EOCD record
+            if (!this.isSignature(this.relativeOffsetEndOfZip64CentralDir, sig.ZIP64_CENTRAL_DIRECTORY_END)) {
+                // console.warn("ZIP64 end of central directory not where expected.");
+                this.relativeOffsetEndOfZip64CentralDir = this.reader.lastIndexOfSignature(sig.ZIP64_CENTRAL_DIRECTORY_END);
+                if (this.relativeOffsetEndOfZip64CentralDir < 0) {
+                    throw new Error("Corrupted zip : can't find the ZIP64 end of central directory");
+                }
+            }
             this.reader.setIndex(this.relativeOffsetEndOfZip64CentralDir);
             this.checkSignature(sig.ZIP64_CENTRAL_DIRECTORY_END);
             this.readBlockZip64EndOfCentral();
         }
+
+        var expectedEndOfCentralDirOffset = this.centralDirOffset + this.centralDirSize;
+        if (this.zip64) {
+            expectedEndOfCentralDirOffset += 20; // end of central dir 64 locator
+            expectedEndOfCentralDirOffset += 12 /* should not include the leading 12 bytes */ + this.zip64EndOfCentralSize;
+        }
+
+        var extraBytes = endOfCentralDirOffset - expectedEndOfCentralDirOffset;
+
+        if (extraBytes > 0) {
+            // console.warn(extraBytes, "extra bytes at beginning or within zipfile");
+            if (this.isSignature(endOfCentralDirOffset, sig.CENTRAL_FILE_HEADER)) {
+                // The offsets seem wrong, but we have something at the specified offset.
+                // So… we keep it.
+            } else {
+                // the offset is wrong, update the "zero" of the reader
+                // this happens if data has been prepended (crx files for example)
+                this.reader.zero = extraBytes;
+            }
+        } else if (extraBytes < 0) {
+            throw new Error("Corrupted zip: missing " + Math.abs(extraBytes) + " bytes.");
+        }
     },
     prepareReader: function(data) {
         var type = utils.getTypeOf(data);
diff --git a/test/ref/all_appended_bytes.zip b/test/ref/all_appended_bytes.zip
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bc12917
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/ref/all_appended_bytes.zip differ
diff --git a/test/ref/all_missing_bytes.zip b/test/ref/all_missing_bytes.zip
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f562db21
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/ref/all_missing_bytes.zip differ
diff --git a/test/ref/all_prepended_bytes.zip b/test/ref/all_prepended_bytes.zip
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4887644c
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/ref/all_prepended_bytes.zip differ
diff --git a/test/ref/zip64_appended_bytes.zip b/test/ref/zip64_appended_bytes.zip
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4de49d4
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/ref/zip64_appended_bytes.zip differ
diff --git a/test/ref/zip64_missing_bytes.zip b/test/ref/zip64_missing_bytes.zip
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31a9c779
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/ref/zip64_missing_bytes.zip differ
diff --git a/test/ref/zip64_prepended_bytes.zip b/test/ref/zip64_prepended_bytes.zip
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15b1bec4
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/ref/zip64_prepended_bytes.zip differ
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 0eb6b9aa..3f4f0b4e 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -1087,6 +1087,26 @@ test("truncated zip file", function() {
    }
 });
 
+// dd if=all.zip of=all_missing_bytes.zip bs=32 skip=1
+testZipFile("zip file with missing bytes", "ref/all_missing_bytes.zip", function(file) {
+   try {
+      var zip = new JSZip(file);
+      ok(false, "no exception were thrown");
+   } catch(e) {
+      ok(e.message.match("Corrupted zip"), "the error message is useful");
+   }
+});
+
+// dd if=zip64.zip of=zip64_missing_bytes.zip bs=32 skip=1
+testZipFile("zip64 file with missing bytes", "ref/zip64_missing_bytes.zip", function(file) {
+   try {
+      var zip = new JSZip(file);
+      ok(false, "no exception were thrown");
+   } catch(e) {
+      ok(e.message.match("Corrupted zip"), "the error message is useful");
+   }
+});
+
 test("not a zip file", function() {
    try {
       var zip = new JSZip("I'm not a zip file");
@@ -1458,6 +1478,30 @@ testZipFile("permissions on windows : file created by izarc, reloaded", "ref/per
 testZipFile("permissions on windows : file created by winrar", "ref/permissions/windows_winrar.zip", assertDosPermissions);
 testZipFile("permissions on windows : file created by winrar, reloaded", "ref/permissions/windows_winrar.zip", reloadAndAssertDosPermissions);
 
+// cat Hello.txt all.zip > all_prepended_bytes.zip
+testZipFile("zip file with prepended bytes", "ref/all_prepended_bytes.zip", function(file) {
+   var zip = new JSZip(file);
+   equal(zip.file("Hello.txt").asText(), "Hello World\n", "the zip was correctly read.");
+});
+
+// cat all.zip Hello.txt > all_appended_bytes.zip
+testZipFile("zip file with appended bytes", "ref/all_appended_bytes.zip", function(file) {
+   var zip = new JSZip(file);
+   equal(zip.file("Hello.txt").asText(), "Hello World\n", "the zip was correctly read.");
+});
+
+// cat Hello.txt zip64.zip > zip64_prepended_bytes.zip
+testZipFile("zip64 file with extra bytes", "ref/zip64_prepended_bytes.zip", function(file) {
+   var zip = new JSZip(file);
+   equal(zip.file("Hello.txt").asText(), "Hello World\n", "the zip was correctly read.");
+});
+
+// cat zip64.zip Hello.txt > zip64_appended_bytes.zip
+testZipFile("zip64 file with extra bytes", "ref/zip64_appended_bytes.zip", function(file) {
+   var zip = new JSZip(file);
+   equal(zip.file("Hello.txt").asText(), "Hello World\n", "the zip was correctly read.");
+});
+
 // }}} Load file
 
 QUnit.module("Load complex files"); // {{{