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Re: Trojan Horse Loose On The Internet
This one has been around for ages, but the story seems to be making the
rounds once again.
See PKWARE's web site:
http://www.pkware.com/fake.html
(posted May, 1995)
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Rabid Wombat
[email protected]
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On Mon, 15 Apr 1996, Doug Hughes wrote:
>
> >
> >According to several reliable sources there is a deadly virus on the
> >Internet. This is NOT a hoax!
> >CAN ANYBODY CHECK THIS OUT, PLEASE..
> >
> >Note: The reliability of all information below is UNKNOWN.
> >
> >WHAT:
> >Virus Alert: PKZIP 3.0 Trojan Loose on the Internet
> >
> >BACKGROUND:
> >A trojan (virus) program, PKZIP 3.0, which is advertised as an updated
> >version of the popular compression utility PKZIP, is currently being
> >distributed on the Internet. Please note that this trojan is REAL and
> >DESTRUCTIVE. Once executed, this program will destroy data on your hard
> >drive; there's no stopping it.
> >
> >According to PKWARE, makers of PKZIP, the only released versions of PKZIP
> >are: 1.10, 1.93, 2.04c, 2.04e and 2.04g. All other versions currently
> >circulating on the Internet are suspect and should not be used.
> >
> >ACTION REQUIRED:
> >Please do not download or execute any files that are named PKZ300B.EXE,
> >PKZ300B.ZIP, PKZIP300.ZIP, PKZIP300.EXE, etc. from the Internet or other
> >external source.
> >
> >Anybody with any information on this..??
>
> 100% true and verifiable. Although I wouldn't call it deadly or rampant,
> it has been making the rounds of late. Mostly it's victims are new users.
> After all, how many times have you upgraded your copy of pkzip? ;)
>
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