Return-Path: XPUM04@prime-a.central-services.umist.ac.uk Received: from G.SEI.CMU.EDU by ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu (5.61/2.3) id AA21801; Thu, 7 Jun 90 18:23:29 -0400 Received: from SEI.CMU.EDU by g.sei.cmu.edu (5.61/2.5) id AA16567; Thu, 7 Jun 90 18:23:29 -0400 Received: from nsfnet-relay.ac.uk by sei.cmu.edu (5.61/2.3) id AA15170; Thu, 7 Jun 90 18:23:23 -0400 Received: from sun.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk by vax.NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK via Janet with NIFTP id aa28758; 7 Jun 90 20:28 BST From: Anthony Appleyard To: DAVIDF@cs.heriot-watt.ac.uk Date: Thu, 07 Jun 90 15:34:12 BST Message-Id: <$TGVGDBVHFKVK at UMPA> Subject: Virus-L vol 0 issue #0714 Virus-L Digest Thu, 14 Jul 88, Volume 0 : Issue #0714 Today's Topics Re: VMS ZOO ok? Posting from Joe Simpson on Miami U. spring epidemic ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Jul 88 07:36:26 EDT Reply-To: Virus Discussion List Sender: Virus Discussion List From: "Kenneth R. van Wyk" Subject: Re: VMS ZOO ok? In-Reply-To: Message of Wed, 13 Jul 88 15:14:00 EDT from >A version of ZOO for VAX/VMS arrived over the net yesterday on Info-VAX.. >an executable image, UUENCODEd. ZOO is an archiver program. Considering >the number of bad PKARC versions that are out there, can anyone vouch for >this? It's not usually considered wise to accept (blindly) any executable image from an unfamiliar (untrusted) source. At the very least, follow up with the people who posted the file to find out where they got it, and try to obtain an original copy directly from the author. Of course, this is just my opinion... Ken Disclaimer: I don't know what a disclaimer is, and I don't claim to either. Kenneth R. van Wyk Hobbes: Wow, buried treasure right User Services Senior Consultant where you said it'd be! A Lehigh University Computing Center wallet full of money! Internet: Calvin: Yeah, it's Dad's. I buried it BITNET: here last week! -------------------- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 88 09:05:57 EDT Reply-To: Virus Discussion List Sender: Virus Discussion List From: "David M. Chess" Subject: Posting from Joe Simpson on Miami U. spring epidemic > 3. We have yet to find anything good in the MS-DOS world, either to > provide protection or diagnosis. Have you examined/tried things and found them wanting? If so, it might be interesting/informative to post something like mini-reviews to the list. I'm sure lots of other folk are on the same quest... DC * Disclaimer: Who, me? -------------------- *** end of Virus-L issue *** Return-Path: XPUM04@prime-a.central-services.umist.ac.uk Received: from G.SEI.CMU.EDU by ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu (5.61/2.3) id AA25782; Tue, 12 Jun 90 06:26:17 -0400 Received: from SEI.CMU.EDU by g.sei.cmu.edu (5.61/2.5) id AA12884; Tue, 12 Jun 90 06:26:15 -0400 Received: from nsfnet-relay.ac.uk by sei.cmu.edu (5.61/2.3) id AA03997; Tue, 12 Jun 90 06:26:05 -0400 Received: from sun.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk by vax.NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK via Janet with NIFTP id aa09125; 12 Jun 90 11:00 BST From: Anthony Appleyard To: KRVW <@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK:KRVW@sei.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 90 11:03:00 BST Message-Id: <$TGVTCZHTCBQC at UMPA> Subject: Virus-L vol 0 issue #0714 Virus-L Digest Thu, 14 Jul 88, Volume 0 : Issue #0714 Today's Topics Re: VMS ZOO ok? Posting from Joe Simpson on Miami U. spring epidemic ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Jul 88 07:36:26 EDT Reply-To: Virus Discussion List Sender: Virus Discussion List From: "Kenneth R. van Wyk" Subject: Re: VMS ZOO ok? In-Reply-To: Message of Wed, 13 Jul 88 15:14:00 EDT from >A version of ZOO for VAX/VMS arrived over the net yesterday on Info-VAX.. >an executable image, UUENCODEd. ZOO is an archiver program. Considering >the number of bad PKARC versions that are out there, can anyone vouch for >this? It's not usually considered wise to accept (blindly) any executable image from an unfamiliar (untrusted) source. At the very least, follow up with the people who posted the file to find out where they got it, and try to obtain an original copy directly from the author. Of course, this is just my opinion... Ken Disclaimer: I don't know what a disclaimer is, and I don't claim to either. Kenneth R. van Wyk Hobbes: Wow, buried treasure right User Services Senior Consultant where you said it'd be! A Lehigh University Computing Center wallet full of money! Internet: Calvin: Yeah, it's Dad's. I buried it BITNET: here last week! -------------------- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 88 09:05:57 EDT Reply-To: Virus Discussion List Sender: Virus Discussion List From: "David M. Chess" Subject: Posting from Joe Simpson on Miami U. spring epidemic > 3. We have yet to find anything good in the MS-DOS world, either to > provide protection or diagnosis. Have you examined/tried things and found them wanting? If so, it might be interesting/informative to post something like mini-reviews to the list. I'm sure lots of other folk are on the same quest... DC * Disclaimer: Who, me? -------------------- *** end of Virus-L issue ***