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Re: Phony Pkzip 2.01 or Not?

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From: Paul Jackson
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.

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Subject: Re: Phony Pkzip 2.01 or Not?
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