On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 02:51:51PM +0100, Nick Kay wrote:
-> At 15:40 18/05/00 +0200, you wrote:
-> >Anton Graham wrote:
-> >>
-> >> Submitted 17-May-00 by Harlan Whitley:
-> >>
-> >> | [-- octet-filter file type: "MS-DOS executable (EXE), OS/2 or MS Windows" --]
-> >> |
-> >> | WINA20.386: DOS/Windows executable
-> >>
-> >> Excuse me, but *what* is this?
-> >>
-> >
-> >Some virus ???
->
-> I ran strings against it:-
->
-> !This program cannot be run in DOS mode.
-> LA20HMA
-> LA20HMA
-> XMSP
-> (C) Copyright MICROSOFT Corp., 1990
-> NOLOW64KPAGING
-> NOLOW64KPAGINGPORT
-> 5Win386 Local A20 for Global HMA Device (Version 1.0)
-> LA20HMA_DDB
It is a part of Mess-DOS circa 3.3 to 4.x or so. It is M$'s work-around
for some incredily stupid design decisions that went into early AT class
computers. It is ancient stuff.
The fact that someone's mail reader is arbitrarily picking up and shipping
bits and pieces of his OS is frightening. Yet another reason to run
Linux. Assuming he didn't deliberately send it, another scary possibility.
I've already sent the culprit a polite private note about it, so we will
see what happens.
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