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From: ken@matr-a.UUCP (Ken Farnen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: StuffIt a Virus ?
Message-ID: <350@matr-a.UUCP>
Date: 24 Apr 88 11:32:33 GMT
Organization: Matrix Software Developement, Liverpool, England.
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Keywords: Trojan Horse Stuff It

I have just read a short piece in a UK computer paper about viruses in general.

There was what ammounted to a 'throwaway' comment that the Mac community was
heavily infected by the 'Stuff It' virus.

This is a trifle worrying!  We quite like StuffIt, and since the net is in
the process of standardising on it, we can't get away from it.  I was also
about ready to authorise it to be included in the shareware archives we keep.

OK, I know that the free rags are not the most accurate of sources, but I
feel I must ask:

IS STUFFIT A TROJAN HORSE ?????????

If not, does anyone know how such a misunderstanding could arise ?


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