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The Achaean
Version 1.0.1

MKD Software
http://www.mkd.cc/

What is The Achaean?

The Achaean is a freeware program that can find and remove trojan viruses from media files.  The Achaean supports all major audio, video and image formats, although MP3 files are most subject to housing a trojan because the trojan's executable code can be easily hidden inside their ID3 tags.

How dangerous are these trojans?  Do I really need The Achaean?

As of the release of this software (April 12, 2004) there haven't been any positive conformations of any harmful media trojans.  However, the technicality of such an attack is possible and the Macintosh community is likely to begin to see infected files in the near future due to their recent exposure.  The Achaean is intended to be used to check newly, or recently, downloaded media files (such as MP3s) as they are more likely to house a trojan than older files.

FAQ

Q: I heard that Indigo (the company that "discovered" the first MP3 trojan) made everything up and there aren't any real trojans.
A: The particular MP3 trojan Indigo clams to have found is harmless.  However, such trojans are technologically possible and are likely to start showing up on P2P networks after their exposure.

Version History

Version 1.0.1
- Freeware!

Version 1.0
- Initial release

Contact Information

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to submit them!

Support - support@mkd.cc
Legal - legal@mkd.cc
Other (please no support) - mdavis@mkd.cc

Development Information

The Achaean is developed, tested and updated by Morgan Davis using Objective-C Cocoa with Apple's xCode and accompanying Developer Tools.  I'd like to thank Slava Karpenko and everyone else that helps with the development and testing of my software and for putting up with my endless emails and IMs!

Legal Information & License Agreement

The Achaean may be distributed online without authorization (although it would be nice to know if you add a reference to it on your site).  However, any hardcopy publications (such as magazines and books) need to obtain permission from me, Morgan Davis, first.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS."  USE THIS SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK.  ANY DAMAGE YOUR COMPUTER MAY SUSTAIN AS A RESULT OF INSTALLING OT USING THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MORGAN DAVIS, MKD SOFTWARE OR ANY RELATED ORGANIZATIONS OR PERSONS.  MKD SOFTWARE DOES NOT MAKE ANY GUARANTEES AS TO THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

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The Achaean is Copyright ©2004, Morgan Davis
The Achaean is a trademark of MKD Software • Any other trademarks mentioned in this document or its related software are property of their respective owners.