.ZIP Ansi codes (PC)

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#4874

From: James Ford
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 1989 05:34

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This was taken from an IBM SIG conference.  This is *NOT* a
virus/trojan warning/alert; however I thought it might be of interest.

                        James

Original-From: Sysop Of 107/522
Original-Subject: .ZIP Utility ALERT

FILES UPLOADED TO YOUR SYSTEM THAT HAVE BEEN COMPRESSED UTILIZING PHIL
KATZ'S PKZIP/PKUNZIP UTILITY COULD CRASH YOUR SYSTEM WHEN UNZIPPED!

   As most of you know it is possible to reprogram your keyboard (and
other things) using ANSI Escape sequences... .ZIP programs will allow
the use of ANSI in the comments section...  I have received several such
"innocent looking" files in the last two weeks. One caused my F1 key to
display a wide DOS Directory, the other attempted to delete all files on
my hard drive!

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From: JFORD1@UA1VM.BITNET (James Ford)
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Subject: .ZIP Ansi codes (PC)
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