Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: What's so bad about self-extracting archives? Message-ID: <0003.9105151741.AA00799@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 14 May 91 20:42:00 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 20 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu > Only one problem: How do I find out what format the thing was > archived in in the first place, when all I'm confronted with is a .EXE > file? This program will list the directory and archive type of any self-extracting MS-DOS archive. WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL [192.88.110.20] Directory PD1: Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== FV135.ZIP B 8128 910319 View dirs of ARC/DWC/LBR/LZH/PAK/ZIP/ZOO/SFXs Keith - - - - Keith Petersen Maintainer of SIMTEL20's MSDOS, MISC and CP/M archives - [192.88.110.20] Internet: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil or w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu Uucp: uunet!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND