1 Apr
2005
1 Apr
'05
11:52 a.m.
At 01:06 PM 4/1/2005, Randy McLaughlin wrote:
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