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From: teittinen@cc.helsinki.fi
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: What is trek.exe doing
Message-ID: <1322@cc.helsinki.fi>
Date: 13 Jan 89 13:22:47 GMT
References: <324@holin.ATT.COM>
Organization: University of Helsinki Computing Centre
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In article <324@holin.ATT.COM>, doc@holin.ATT.COM (David Mundhenk) writes:
> This is a portion of the output from "chk4bomb.exe" when run
> on "trek.exe" from the recent "egatrek" posting in 
> comp.binaries.ibm.pc.
> 
> Several of us here think this is a little suspicious and would
> like some other opinions on this, possibly even from the author.
> The part "dir c:\*.exe...." is strange, to say the least.
> Any explanations?

Some of the text deleted...

> []  @RSP
> []  @RSP
> []  C:\> dir *.exe
> []   Volume in drive C is HARDDISK
> []   Directory of  C:\
> []	'TSRTEST  EXE     7520  12-01-87  12:52p
> []  	'123      COM   129480   4-28-88   7:46a
> []	'MW       EXE    99030   7-13-86   5:00p
> [] 	'INSTALL  EXE     1024   1-01-80  12:00a
> []	&        4 File(s)   2947072 bytes free
> []  C:\> _U

If you have read the DOC-file that comes with TREK.EXE then you should
have noticed that there is a "panic key" in the program. I don't
remember what is it, but it meant to be used "when the boss wanders by"
and it brings a typical DOS-screen on your display. The test that
appears is just the one above. Though there is a mistake - as anyone can
see - it says "dir *.exe" and there is 123.COM in the file list :-)

I tried the program a couple of times, but then deleted it from my disks
because though it has great graphics, it does not bring anything really
new to a game that is too easy to win. But it never did anything harmful
to my disks or anything that gives me a reason to suspect it is a virus,
but I used it only a couple of times as I said.

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