Cherryl wrote:
>*** Hadn't seen this one in a thread yet...
>DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY FILE NAMED PKZIP300
>REGARDLESS OF EXTENSION.
>A NEW Trojan Horse Virus has emerged on the Internet with the
>name PKZIP300.ZIP, so named as to give the impression that
>this file is a new version of the PKZIP software used to "zip," or
>compress, files.  DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS FILE UNDER ANY
>CIRCUMSTANCES!!  If you install or expand the file, the virus
>WILL wipe your hard disk clean and affect modems 14.4 and
>higher.  This is an extremely destructive virus & there is NOT yet
>a way of cleaning this one up.

This was originally posted on the pkware web site
   (http:/www.pkware.com/fake.html)
in May 1995 and if you want more info about it they suggest you e-mail them
directly at [log in to unmask] .

It is interesting to note that I also received this notice from my internet
provider bconnex.net in Barrie, Ontario.  Cherryl, you sure get around.


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