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Re: PKZIP V3.05 problems

#11578
From: aki
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 09:29
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Wow! Sounds like a really interesting boot sector virus.
I think that either the technicians replacing "defective"
HD controllers were taking you guys for a ride (hey, HD
Ctrl's have a 50% markup)... OR someone has found a way
to actually do harm by software.  Maybe it could be done
if you play around with sensitive configuration settings
in CMOS RAM and in the motherboard chipset.  Sounds kind
of tough tho.  Anyway, PKZIP 3.05 is definitely bogus,
because it's too much (.05?) too soon (2.x was released
not too long ago).  It's too easy to place trojan horses
into software. Way too easy.  Why do people trust such
obvious traps?

Aki.
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Subject: Re: PKZIP V3.05 problems
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