Oberon-M MSDOS (1/5)
Steve Harrold
swh at hpcupt1.cup.hp.com
Tue Mar 26 02:02:22 AEST 1991
>>> Please, Please, Please ... No self-extracting archives! It can't be
>>> as easily virus checked (although some checkers will do it). Nearly
>>> everyone has PKUNZIP on their MSDOS machines, so there's no need to
>>> create a self-extractor.
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In the case of PKUNZIP, it will recognize its own self-extracting formats
and de-archive the file as if it were an ordinary ZIP file. There is no
need to execute the self-extracting program and thus no need to fear a
viral or trojan contamination.
Methinks other modern archivers also have this capability.
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