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Article #11616

Re: PKZIP V3.05 problems

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From: Samu Lamberg
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 20:06
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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). 

PKZip 2.x has not been released. The latest official version
is 1.1. There has been a alfa/beta version 1.93 but not 2.x.

 It's too easy to place trojan horses
   into software. Way too easy.  Why do people trust such
   obvious traps?

Errare humanum est. I suggest sending this program to the authors of
McAfee and F-prot.

samu
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Subject: Re: PKZIP V3.05 problems
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