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rc> PKUNZIP is a program that reads data, applies certain algorithms
rc> to that data, and writes that modified data out to a file. IT
rc> DOESN"T EXECUTE THAT DATA. 
dd> Gotcha. Just needed clarification on that point, although someone
dd> else here mentioned that it can do it with ANSI codes... I'll
dd> believe you. 
They're right - you could embed an ANSI bomb in there, and if you
were running ANSI.SYS that could cause problems.  But we were talking
of viruses.
dd> I unzipped a file that I got the other day, and it spit out an
dd> entire screen of complete binary garbage (not ANSI, not high
dd> ascii, pure binary, like if I was to type command.com to the
dd> console). 
Not to nitpick, but that's ASCII and the extended character set.
That's all you can display.  There is no fundamental difference
between "pure binary" and "a character" - it's all a matter of how
you chose to interpret it.
TTFN. Rick.
Ottawa, ON 28 Mar 1:54 
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