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Article #3652Re: pkzip 2.04c uploaded to w
From: francis
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 17:33
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 17:33
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> PKWare says that this is the legitimate release, and it is not infected. > > The reports of virus infection are coming from people using older versions > of Norton Antivirus. Later versions report (correctly) no virus. > > While PKZip 2.04c may have a lot of problems (typical of Phil Katz, he > released it with a bunch of power user options [DPMI, XMS, EMS all enabled > unless you turn them off using obscure switches] defaulting to on, so that > it is likely to crash Windows 3.1 and OS/2 DOS boxes) it is not infected > by any virus. For what it's worth, I have been using the latest release of PKZip 2.04c for over a week with various files and have had no problems, and am quite impressed by the speed; of course, it may have something to do with the fact that I use a 486DX/33. Francis -- IMI URU LIVE & LET LIVE Francis Morley |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| FRANCIS@AC.DAL.CA MORLEY@UG.CS.DAL.CA ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!purdue!news.cs.indiana.edu!nstn.ns.ca!ac.dal.ca!francis From: francis@ac.dal.ca Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: pkzip 2.04c uploaded to w Message-ID: <1993Jan9.133357.10027@ac.dal.ca> Date: 9 Jan 93 13:33:57 -0400 References: <1993Jan9.859.6057@execnet> Distribution: comp Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Lines: 27