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(Fwd) Virus warning from PKWare - beware of PKZ300B (fwd)
Subject:(Fwd) Virus warning from PKWare - beware of PKZ300B (fwd) From:Sue Heim <SUE -at- RIS -dot- RISINC -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 6 Jun 1995 12:25:29 PST
This message came to me from my sysadmin. I know we are not to post
these types of messages, but since I use PKZIP regularly when writing
manuals, I thought I'd forward it along. Unlike that previous virus
message that was a definite hoax, this appears to be real.
...sue
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Sue Heim
Research Information Systems
Email: Sue -at- ris -dot- risinc -dot- com
------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
Subject: Virus warning from PKWare - beware of PKZ300B (fwd)
| >| The following is from the Sysop forum on CompuServe:
| >|
| >| Subj: IMPORTANT NOTICE! READ! Section: PKWare
| >| Monday, May 22, 1995 10:34:10
| >| From: Patrick Weeks - PKWARE, 75300 -dot- 730 -at- compuserve -dot- com
| >|
| >| ****************** ImportantNotice********************************
| >|
| >| Some joker out there is distributing a file called PKZ300B.EXE and
| >| PKZ300B.ZIP. This is NOT a version of PKZIP and will try to erase your
| >| harddrive if you use it. The most recent version is 2.04G. Please
| >| tell
| >| all your friends and favorite BBS stops about this hack.
| >|
| >| Thank You.
| >|
| >| Patrick Weeks Product Support PKWARE, Inc.
| >| ***********************************************************
| >
| >Greetings:
| >
| > With all the stuff going back and forth from avalon I thought this
| >might be important to everybody. The person who confirmed this with
| >PKWare is one of our lead developers, and I generally trust his
| >judgement on such things. BEWARE!
| >
| > Phil Rezek
| > v-philr -at- microsoft -dot- com
| > ----------
| >
| ><forwards innoculated>
| >
| >I called the 800 support # for PKWare (1-800-564-7420) and was told
| >that this is indeed a virus (ie NOT a hoax)...
