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- Subject: Re: *** WARNING *** PKZIP 2.04c is infected by a virus.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.002207.28359@cs.aukuni.ac.nz>
- From: pgut1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann)
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 00:22:07 GMT
- References: <3546@accucx.cc.ruu.nl>
- Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland
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- In <3546@accucx.cc.ruu.nl> nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico E de Vries) writes:
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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.
-
- Pkware are most welcome to use the HPACK authenticity mechanism (employing
- digital signatures) to guarantee the authenticity of their products.
- Unlike their own scheme, not everyone on the planet knows how to break it.
-
- (Sorry, just couldn't resist :-)
- Peter.
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