>         Here's a weird one that I just thought of...
 >         Would it be possible to imbed some executable code into the .ZIP
 > comment that is in many .ZIP files that shows up before it's unzip'd
 > (not the ones that show up after). I have been able to imbed ANSI as well
 > as control characters (BELL, TAB, and so on) in mine, but I wonder if I
 > changed it to binary, if it would infect/load when the file was unzip'd.
 >         Ideas anyone?
A .zip trojan using embedded ANSI as a comment has been around for
years.  If you're using ANSI.SYS (does ANYONE still use ANSI.SYS ?)
it will format your HD while you're unzipping the archive.
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