Um...
On Wed, 20 Mar 1996, Dave Druitt wrote:
> Can anybody verify the rumor that any latest version of pkunzip, when
> downloaded, contains a trojan horse which will permanently destroy
> your hard drive?
>
> Dave Druitt
> Sysorex
>
>
Can't shed any more light on it than this, which I received in today's mail:
> A new trojan horse virus has emerged on the internet with the name
> "PKZIP300.ZIP", so named as to give the impression that this file is a new
> version of the PKZIP software used to ZIP files. DO NOT download this file
> under any circumstances! If you install or expand this file, the virus will
> wipe out your hard drive and affect modems at 14.4 and higher. This is an
> extremely destructive virus and there is not a way of cleaning up this one.
>
> Do not download any file with this name, regardless of the extension.
Don't know the truth of it, but there may be some substance.
Adendum:
This is about 3 months old.
The 2.04g is the last valid version of PKUNZIP
Do NOT use any versions more recent.
The 240g version allows the "-&" option to span multiple
disks with a single zip file.
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