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From: p1@rlyeh.wimsey.bc.ca (Rob Slade)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: ZIPping with -AV (PC)
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Date: 30 Nov 90 22:19:01 GMT
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      oper1%drcv06.decnet@drcvax.af.mil (DRCV06::OPER1)
suggests that files could be garanteed safe if the authors used the -AV
switch when ZIPping the files.  What is to prevent anyone from infecting
the file, and then reZIPping the infected files ... with -AV on?

A genuine, authentic infection ...


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