On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 05:35:27PM -0600, ronnie gauthier wrote: >They are in use in all win version except for xp, AFAIK. The pif file >allows windows to run DOS apps, its really just a translation file. >http://ideas.repec.org/wop/mitccs/180.html
The primary use I've seen of PIF files is by Klez and similar worms which embed themselves in the PIF files to attack the Microsoft virus, Windows. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``If the future navigation system [for interactive networked services on the NII] looks like something from Microsoft, it will never work.'' (Chairman of Walt Disney Television & Telecommunications) _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
