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From: p1@arkham.wimsey.bc.ca (Rob Slade)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: PKLITE and hidden virus (PC)
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Date: 23 Mar 91 01:22:06 GMT
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JPINSON@uga.cc.uga.edu (Jim Pinson) writes:

> Lately I have been using PKLITE to compress executables, and wonder if
> any Virus scanners are capable of looking within the compressed files.

None of the products I have received so far will "scan" into files
compressed with other than LZEXE.  I have seen some "front end" utilities
which will "use" SCAN and PKUNZIP (if you have them in your "path") to
scan .ZIP files.


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