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From: "Kapil Chowksey (Jaeger)" <kchowksey@hss.hns.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: virus infected fips.exe at freebsd.org ?
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 00:03:40 +0000
Organization: Hughes Software Systems
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Kapil Chowksey (Jaeger) wrote:
> 
> I just downloaded fips.exe from
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/tools/fips.exe
> 
> Turns out that its infected by 'ONE HALF.3544' virus. I'm using McAfee
> Associates' Scan 2.2.9 virus scanner.

Oops - false alarm. The file's clean.

with egg on my face.

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Kapil Chowksey
kchowksey@hss.hns.com