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Re: PKZip 2.04c uploaded to wuarchive

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From: Ron Dippold
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 22:33
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nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico E de Vries) writes:
>In <rdippold.726230755@cancun> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>>[Sorry, this should have been part of the crosspost, but I missed this group]

>>I have uploaded PKZip 2.04c to wuarchive.wustl.edu in the
>>pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS directory.  It's pkz204c.exe and pkz204c.txt.

>According to wuarchive this version is infected with the Maltese Amoeba
>virus. It is no longer available.

Norton Anti-Virus is getting a false detection of the Maltese Amoeba.
It will be available periodically.


>>Before any flames start, this is downloaded directly from the
>>PKWareBBS.  So is this announcement:

>Then your system might be virus infected. Please verify this.

I'm not infected.  Scan99 and VirX can detect the Maltese Amoeba and
they say I (and the files) are fine.
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