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From: sherman@hpccc.HP.COM (Daniel P. Sherman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: PKZIP virus?
Message-ID: <17720001@hpccc.HP.COM>
Date: 28 Jul 90 05:22:11 GMT
References: <1587@uvm-gen.UUCP>
Organization: HP Corp Computing & Services
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Thomas P. 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?

The last time I logged in to the Pkware BBS (I don't have the number
handy right now), there was a notice to the effect that a bogus program
called PKZ120.EXE was making the rounds, and that if anyone finds it,
delete it and report the source to Pkware.  PKZ120.EXE is not a real
version of PKZIP/PKUNZIP.  There will never be a release 1.20 because
of this bogus version that is floating around.

The latest real version of PKZIP/PKUNZIP is PKZ110.EXE (version 1.10).

You may still want to do some additional virus checking after obtaining
a copy of this program.  It depends on your level of trust in the source
of your download.


>                                          tom
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>	 					Thomas P. Haviland
>			  		 	University of Vermont
>  haviland@emily.uvm.edu			(802)-656-2540 
>            "Knowledge is no substitute for retractability"
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Dan Sherman
Hewlett-Packard Co.
sherman@hpccc.HP.COM