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- 08/17/1990
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- There is an unauthorized Beta copy of our exe/com compressor PKLITE
- that has been circulated recently. This is NOT an official release,
- and this Beta version of the software will not be compatible with the
- release version.
-
- If you see the files PKLITE.ZIP or PKLITE.EXE on any BBS or on-line
- system, please ask the SysOp of that system to remove the files
- IMMEDIATELY, and please contact PKWARE to report where the files were
- seen.
-
- Message #12669 - PKWARE Messages
- Date : 15-Aug-90 12:38
- From : Dominic Gill
- To : Phil Katz
- Subject : pklite
-
- Dear Phil: I d/l an interesting looking file from a US BBS a few days
- ago, which purports to be an "EXE squasher" from your stable called
- PKLITE. It seems to be a beta version............ & I may say, on a
- guarded test run on a spare IBM AT, it wreaked havoc with a great
- number of .EXE files! -- some just wdn't run after compressing,
- others gave definitely "unpredictable results"! -- especially
- Norton's NDD and SD, Psion chess, and a handful of other utils
- including VOPT, all crashed after compression..... Is this genuinely
- a PK product -- I guess from the fact that it's not mentioned on yr
- BB that it's either still in development, or a fake.................
- Could you let me know, please? all the best: Dom
-
- Message #12670 - PKWARE Messages (RECEIVED)
- Date : 15-Aug-90 15:53
- From : Kelly Stanonik
- To : Jay Caplan
- Subject : pklite
- Replies : -> #12723
-
- The guy's name is *NICK* Anis, not rick. J. Dvorak doesn't have
- anything to do with the board. If "PKLITE" isn't for public
- distribution then NA probably shouldn't have it on his board.
-
- Message #12682 - PKWARE Messages
- Date : 16-Aug-90 15:25
- From : John Peacock
- To : Phil Katz
- Subject : PKLite
-
- I also found a copy of PKLite. It was on a BBS local to me
- (Interconnect BBS 202-425-2505) and had a readme file with another
- BBS ad in it. I uploaded it to the IBM general area for your
- perusal. It is definitely the work of some hacker; not your standard
- high quality product. No documentation included, and the shareware
- says "send LOTS." Someone has it out for you, no doubt about it. I
- hope you catch whoever is f**king with your product and stomp them
- hard.
-
- I wonder if it might be those folks you had a lawsuit with several
- years ago...
-
- Message #12721 - PKWARE Messages
- Date : 18-Aug-90 19:58
- From : Peter Durst
- To : Phil Katz
- Subject : PKLITE.EXE
-
- Hi Phil,
- In your warning message, you asked to be told where the
- file(s) of subject are located, and I can give you 2 BBS's where I
- have seen them. The first is Rose Media 1-416-733-2285, and the
- other is Northern Lights 1-705-472-6908. Just thought I would let
- you know... Pete
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