tr@wind.bellcore.com (tom reingold) (03/15/88)
In article <795@gethen.UUCP> farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren) writes:
$A word of explanation: when I made the above posting, I was unaware of
$the existence of a Trojan PKARC. The version that I've been using,
$PKX35B35, was downloaded from a local BBS system which maintains very
$tight control over it's downloads. I've NEVER downloaded a Trojan from
$there, and likely never will. PKX35B35.EXE, *as I received it*, works fine.
$That does NOT mean that there are no Trojan versions out there, and a call to
$Phil Katz's BBS system confirmed that there is NO PKX35B35 authorized
$by him, so I would have to agree - do not use PKX35B35.EXE, as you may
$not get a version as benign as the one I got. I've removed PKX35B35.EXE
$from my BBS as a precaution.
$
$[...]
$
$--
$Michael J. Farren | "INVESTIGATE your point of view, don't just
${ucbvax, uunet, hoptoad}! | dogmatize it! Reflect on it and re-evaluate
$ unisoft!gethen!farren | it. You may want to change your mind someday."
$gethen!farren@lll-winken.llnl.gov ----- Tom Reingold, from alt.flame
[ I am flattered that you quote me in your .signature :-). ]
The letters in the name of the distribution have meaning. It makes
me confused as to why someone would upload to a BBS a good version
with a "hacked" file name.
PKX35A35.EXE:
PK = Phil Katz
X35 = version 3.5 of pkXarc
A35 = version 3.5 of pkarc
. = dot
EXE = you all know what eeks means
So since there is no program named PKBRC, there should never be a
file called PKXnnBmm.EXE (where the n's and m's are digits). I
would always expect the files to be called PKXnnAmm.EXE, where the
nn and mm may or may not be the same numbers. They are in this
case but have not always been in the past.
I know that Michael meant no harm. How could he if he quotes me
in his .signature? But I just wanted to show the pattern I have
discerned.
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