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- From: roe2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Cave Newt)
- Subject: Re: Is my PKZIP 2.01 a fake?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.194031.21549@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: University of Chicago
- References: <1992Nov17.144415.1@camins.camosun.bc.ca>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 19:40:31 GMT
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- morley@camins.camosun.bc.ca writes:
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- >I've heard that there was (is?) some sort of trojan warning concerning
- >PKZIP 2.x However, this version I received works fine (or so it appears).
- >It also has many more options than version 1.93 has. It comes complete
- >with docs that detail the changes since 1.93, etc.
-
- I've lost track of all the hacks, but I believe this one was our
- (Info-ZIP's) 1.6 or 1.7 beta with the Info-ZIP copyright removed
- and a few other small, cosmetic changes. Don't use it in any case.
- Zip 1.9p1 has been out for months and is less buggy, and this one
- could easily have a time-bomb or other nastiness in it.
-
- >It seems like an
- >awful lot of work just to make some sort of trojan. Am I missing
- >something here?
-
- It was, and you are... :-)
-
- Greg Roelofs
-