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- From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
- Subject: Re: Virus Infection -- pkz204c.zip
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.072444.11731@uwasa.fi>
- Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 07:24:44 GMT
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- -Subject: Re: your mail
- -To: klau@neptune.calstatela.edu (K Lau)
- -Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:39:19 +0200 (EET)
- -From: ts
-
- > >In article <ts9301061125.14868@chyde.uwasa.fi> ts@chyde.uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes:
- > >> 188818 Dec 28 02:04 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/pkz204c.exe
-
- > I have just got a copy of pkz204c.exe from garbo. When I tried to
- > run pkunzip, my Norton Anti-Virus 2.0 tsr virus detection program
- > reported pkunzip.exe contains "Maltese Amoeba" virus. I tried to
- > run NAV, the program reported both pkunzip.exe & pkzipfix.exe
- > both contains "Maltese Amoeba" virus. I don't know if any other
- > people have found the same problem. Thanks for you concern.
-
- Yes, such an alarm has been reported as a false alarm.
-
- Incidentally, pklited executables, which cannot be unlited are a
- virus checking pain in the collective neck of the MsDos FTP archive
- site moderators. Under normal circumstances we are very reluctant
- to accept such executables at all to the archives! This is
- something that shareware authors might wish to bear in mind.
-
- All the best, Timo
-
- ..................................................................
- Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce
- Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 128.214.87.1
- Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa
- Internet: ts@uwasa.fi Bitnet: salmi@finfun ; SF-65101, Finland
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