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- From: nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico E de Vries)
- Newsgroups: comp.compression,comp.os.msdos.apps
- Subject: *** WARNING *** PKZIP 2.04c is infected by a virus.
- Message-ID: <3546@accucx.cc.ruu.nl>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 16:37:20 GMT
- Followup-To: comp.compression
- Organization: Academic Computer Centre Utrecht
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- According to warning messages on wuarchive.wustl.edu the PKZIP 2.04c
- is a virus infected version. The virus detected is the "Maltese Amoeba"
- one.
-
- Unclear is if there is a real PKZIP 2.0x which has been infected 10
- seconds after release or that there is just a cracked new 1.93a version.
- PKWARE has promised to release a new version 5 jan so there might also be
- a real one.
-
- Clearly some smart cracker have used their chance. It might take ages before
- everyone has a reliable PKZIP 2.0x. We can just hope the authenticy
- verification in PKZIP 2.0x will be strong enough to remove this
- problem in the future.
-
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- To get (many) ==> LOSSLESS DATA COMPRESSION SOURCES <== get lds_10.zip at
- garbo.uwasa.fi /pc/programming. Make files for Borland C are included.
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