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- From: pj@sam.wpd.sgi.com (Paul Jackson)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
- Subject: Re: *** WARNING *** PKZIP 2.04c is infected by a virus.
- Message-ID: <1igdr6INNmth@fido.asd.sgi.com>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 05:07:50 GMT
- References: <01068008.n1jdvg@mfc.ycrdi.com>
- Reply-To: pj@sgi.com
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Research & Development
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- In article <01068008.n1jdvg@mfc.ycrdi.com>, timk@ycrdi.com (Tim King) writes:
- |>
- |> In article <3546@accucx.cc.ruu.nl> (comp.compression), nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico E de Vries) writes:
- |> >
- |> > According to warning messages on wuarchive.wustl.edu the PKZIP 2.04c
- |> > is a virus infected version. The virus detected is the "Maltese Amoeba"
- |>
- |> My recommendation to all is that you get your PKZIP directly from PKWARE!
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- According to a discussion on the PKZIP forum of CompuServe
- yesterday, this might be a false positive from Norton's AntiVirus
- utility.
-
- One person said that he saw this particular virus reported in
- PKZ204C, using an older version of the Norton AV utility, but
- that a more recent AV didn't report that virus. Another person
- reported that on another forum complaints were numerous that some
- other particular piece of software (I've forgotten what) was
- triggering the "Maltese Amoeba" from Norton AV, apparently
- falsely.
-
- I downloaded the PKZ204C.EXE (self extracting) file from
- CompuServe, and examined it with f_prot (version 206a) and found
- no problem. It was from Library 16 of FIFTHGEN (or FGS?), as I
- recall.
-
- I worry more about electric spikes, disk crashes, software bugs
- and stupid operator errors (I'm the operator) destroying my data
- than I do viruses. Since I back up religiously to cover for
- these more common data destroyers, I figure I'll survive a virus
- if I ever see one.
-
- --
-
- I won't rest till it's the best ...
- Software Production Engineer
- Paul Jackson (pj@sgi.com), x1373
-