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- From: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev)
- Subject: Re: PKZIP 2.04c is shipping...
- Message-ID: <bontchev.726490438@fbihh>
- Sender: news@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Mr. News)
- Reply-To: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de
- Organization: Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg
- References: <1i9nvsINN2je@hpscit.sc.hp.com> <1993Jan4.165713.19120@uwasa.fi> <1i9s3lINN91u@uwm.edu> <bontchev.726171229@fbihh> <3550@accucx.cc.ruu.nl> <bontchev.726336820@fbihh> <3560@accucx.cc.ruu.nl>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 10:53:58 GMT
- Lines: 23
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- nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico E de Vries) writes:
-
- > [about PKZIP virus reports]
-
- > >Instead, someone seems to have done something else that is much easier
- > >and has about the same effectiveness - spread a false rumor...
-
- > wuarchive tested the file and got a virus dection. I think it is
- > very good they tried to notice this soon. In case the virus scanner
- > would not have failed it coulnd't have been detected fast enough.
-
- It was NOT wuarchive. It was somebody who downloaded the package early
- and used an out-of-date version of NAV (2.0, instead of 2.1).
- Wuarchive probably just decided to err on the safe side and believed
- his reports.
-
- Regards,
- Vesselin
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