>         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?
Naw .. zip utilities expect text in the .ZIP comment.  They display it (using 
one text display method or another), no way for it to EXEC.
You _could_ possibly install an ANSI bomb in the comments .. but that would 
only catch the idiots that still have dangerous versions of ANSI drivers 
installed.
Now, there _are_ some self-extracting archives that could be hacked or 
infected, made to do 'orrible things during (or in lieu of) their user query 
and/or extraction .. but I never run a self-extracting archive anyway.  I 
always use the original archiving tool to view, test, and extract the 
mbers.
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