1 Apr
2005
1 Apr
'05
12:58 p.m.
From: "John Foust" <jfoust at threedee.com>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 1:52 PM
At 01:06 PM 4/1/2005, Randy McLaughlin wrote:
I use lavasoft's adware to try and keep my system clear of spyware, Norton
Internet Security for everything else.
As I said the exe file can be used as a zip file, it can even be renamed to
a .zip and it will work normally. I guess I should post a reminder of this
on my download pages.
I'd rather use Linux tools to archive my files but that would keep them out
of reach of so many :-(, my goal is to give access to everyone.
I have no disillusions, sooner or later my website will disappear like so
many in the past. Anyone interested in what I am archiving should make
copies and hopefully post it themselves,. That is the only way I know of to
truly archive the info. This is why most of my webspace is dedicated to
mirroring the work of others.
Randy
www.s100-manuals.com
I have yet to find one archival format that
everyone can use,
self-extracting archives at least supports 99%.
Only if you count all the other people as 1%. :-) I'm sure
that many of us appreciate your efforts. I've never had trouble
with Zip. At the command line, I use Infozip's free version.
Even if you're using the Windows version for creating archives,
if you're not using their proprietary compression techniques,
I can't think of a time when 'infozip' wasn't able to handle them.
I do an anti-virus scan of every file I post on my
site and I hope
everyone scans everything they download from me or anyone else (exe or
otherwise).
Viruses are one thing, spyware is another. These days with spyware
everywhere, any executable gives me the willies. There are plenty
of evil people stuffing spyware into downloadable executables
you find on the web.
- John