[1057] in comp.os.os2.announce archive
INFO: Virus warning
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rudolf M. Kenn)
Fri Apr 19 14:49:51 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 18 Apr 1996 21:28:08 GMT
From: rrkenn@ibm.net (Rudolf M. Kenn)
Reply-To: rrkenn@ibm.net
Reply-to: rrkenn@ibm.net
Submitted by: rrkenn@ibm.net (Rudolf M. Kenn)
Source: (Rudolf M. Kenn)
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Hi,
This is what I got today from webadmin@regsrv01 (ibm.net):
NEW VIRUS WARNING!
A new Trojan Horse Virus has emerged on the Internet with the name
PKZIP300.ZIP. It was named as such so that the file would pass as a new
version of PKZIP software, a file compression utility from PKWare.
We are warning all our subscribers NOT TO DOWNLOAD THE FILE PKZIP300.ZIP under
any circumstances. The virus has been known to wipe out the entire hard disk
clean and affect modems at 14.4 and higher. This is an extremely destructive
virus of which there is no cure for the moment.
Regards, Rudolf M. Kenn
[There have been numerous reports of new versions of PKWare utilities since
1994. For news of official releases see http://www.pkware.com/ or
ftp://ftp.pkware.com/pub/pkware. These harmful "bogus new" versions have been
around for some time. They have resurfaced since PKWare has recently released
a New Windows version. Be careful. Test with antiviral products before you
use a new file. For more information on viruses read comp.virus. Mod.]
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