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From: Jasen Betts 
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 04 15:35:11 +0200
Subject: Pkzip for Linux
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Hello Andy.

04 Sep 04 01:11, you wrote to me:


 AA> -=> JASEN BETTS wrote to ANDY ALT <=-

 AA>>  File: pkz6lnx.exe (12066kB),
 AA>>  Area: PKLIN,
 AA>>  Origin: 2:236/150
 AA>>  Desc: PKZip for Linux v6.00

 JB>> it doesn't look right.

 JB>> the version number is too high, ( should be 2.something ) it has
 JB>> an .exe extension and it's 12 megs...

 AA> Hmmm.. I didn't even not the file size or .exe extension.. a dead give
 AA> away. :) I found that in the filegate echo or some echo where new
 AA> files were announced. Thanks for pointing that out! That does seem
 AA> strange; I wonder I should mention that to Janis.

It looks too big to be a trojan, but it could be a "zipslack" or other small
distro in some sort of self-extract archive.

Jasen