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From: roelofs@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Cave Newt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: PKZIP virus?
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Date: 26 Jul 90 22:07:22 GMT
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In article <1587@uvm-gen.UUCP> haviland@emily.uvm.edu (tom haviland) writes:

>Does anyone out there know the current status of PKZIP?  I have version
>1.02, and I have seen a couple pkzip 1.10 versions on some bulletin
>boards, but I seem to recall that some version of pkzip had a virus
>in it.  Does anyone out there have the scoop on this?

v1.10 is the most recent official version.  v1.20 was a hack.  I don't
believe it had a virus in it, and I'm not even sure it was a Trojan,
but it definitely was not a Phil Katz release (and as a result of its
existence, there will be no official release with the version number
1.2).  Needless to say, Phil & Co. are less than pleased about the
whole affair...

Btw, you may see two different versions of 1.10 (PK110.EXE and PK110EU.EXE).
Both are legal (or rather, there exist two legal versions with those names);
the latter is the "European" release and doesn't contain the encryption
capability of the former.  Not surprisingly, the full version has been
sighted all over the world anyway... :)