** PLEASE NOTE:  THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS A CROSS-POST **

* The original was posted by Michael Simmons (1:114/500) *
* It was posted in the THERANCH Echo *
* It was dated 20 Aug 96 & addressed to Ken Bowley *
* The original Subject was:  "WOW.ZIP WARNING!!!  Dangerous File!!!" *
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Well you stated you tried this program out but just what did it do to the
drive? Did it destroy the boot sectors or just format the drive? Also did
you look at the programs code? I use a program called STR that lets me see
inside EXE and COM files and any ASCII text that might be present. This
can tell a lot at times. You can see some commands a program has and such.
Id guess WOW.ZIP is a TROJAN and not a virus right? Bad thing about it the
name can be changed and it will happen again. It would be nice to know
what to look for. If you still have a copy of the program can you take a
look inside it. Sometimes programers who make trojans leave their calling
card as a ASCII message that you dont see when it runs. It really does
pay to do more then virus scan programs. Did you happen to notice the file
date? Was it a COM or EXE type?     Michael

GEcho 1.00
Origin: THE BBS 1-602-788-2047 (1:114/500)
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