->Actually, unzipping a file CAN activate a virus... ONLY if you are
->runnign something that was released las year on the net as PK300, an
->update version of pkunzip which was in fact a virus program.
->Distributed by sysops to users in Melbourne as (not very funny) joke
->too.
I beleive you are refering to activating a virus by running an infected
PROGRAM. Not the act of uncompressing a file. While, in the broadest
sence and taken out of context, your statement could be looked upon as
being correct, it is very misleading.
* OLX 2.1 * Todd Copeland - TEAM OS/2
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