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Article #2538Re: Phony Pkzip 2.01 or Not?
From: Paul Jackson
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 07:40
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 07:40
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In article <92363.225001I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET>, I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET (CUNY/Spartacus) writes: |> Hi folks, |> |> I was logon to a local BBS today and I seen a copy of PKWARE |> pkunzip version 2.01. Is this a "phony" hacked version |> |> BTW, I also recall PKWARE posted an official statement of |> a hacked copy. Is this announcement still available from ftp From the steady stream of such observations over the last year that I've seen here and on Compuserve, I am sure that its PHONY. Latest announcements on Compuserve from PKZIP say that they expect to ship the real new pkzip to customers early Jan, and post it on BBS's shortly thereafter. I don't know by what name/version they are calling the real one. The warning of such is available, for example as MSDOS/ZIP/WARN201.ZIP on my favorite wuarchive mirror. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Software Production Engineer Paul Jackson (pj@sgi.com), x1373
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!sgigate!odin!fido!sam.wpd.sgi.com!pj From: pj@sam.wpd.sgi.com (Paul Jackson) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: Re: Phony Pkzip 2.01 or Not? Message-ID: <1hovdnINNpvv@fido.asd.sgi.com> Date: 29 Dec 92 07:40:39 GMT References: <92363.225001I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET> Reply-To: pj@sgi.com Organization: Silicon Graphics, Research & Development Lines: 25 NNTP-Posting-Host: sam.wpd.sgi.com