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From the files of The Hack Squad: || by Lee Jackson, Co-Moderator,
|| FidoNet International Echo SHAREWRE
The Hack Report || Volume 2, Number 1
for January, 1993 || Report Date: January 3, 1993
||
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Welcome to the first 1993 issue of The Hack Report. This is a series
of reports that aim to help all users of files found on BBSs avoid
fraudulent programs, and is presented as a free public service by the
FidoNet International Shareware Echo and the author of the report, Lee
Jackson (FidoNet 1:382/95).
This issue begins a brand new year for us here at Hack Central Station.
As you will soon note, this report is quite a bit shorter that the last
1992 issue. This is due to all previously reported (and confirmed) files
being removed from the list: they are still listed in the file
HACK92FA.RPT, which comes with the archive version of this report. Only
unsettled/unconfirmed listings from last year's issues are carried over.
If you have a copy of the December report, please don't delete it, since
you'll need it as a reference to previously reported files.
There are quite a few important listings this time around, including a
clarification of a file that has caused quite a bit of work for your Hack
Squad. Thanks to everyone who has helped put this report together, and
to those that have sent in comments and suggestions.
NOTE TO SYSOPS: The Hack Report may be freely posted as a bulletin on
your BBS, subject to these conditions:
1) the latest version is used,
2) it is posted in its entirety, and
3) it is not altered in any way.
NOTE TO OTHER READERS: The Hack Report (file version) may be freely
uploaded to any BBS, subject to the above conditions, and only if you do
not change the filename. You may convert the archive type as you wish,
but please leave the filename in its original HACK????.* format. The
Hack Report may also be cross-posted in other networks (with the
permission of the other network) as long as it meets the above conditions
and you give appropriate credit to the FidoNet International Shareware
Echo (and the author <g>).
The idea is to make this information available freely. However, please
don't cut out the disclaimers and other information if you use it, or
confuse the issue by spreading the file under different names. Thanks!
DISCLAIMER: The listings of Official Versions are not a guarantee of the
files' safety or fitness for use. Someone out there might just be
sick-minded enough to upload a Trojan with an "official" file name, so
>scan everything you download<!!! The author of this report will not be
responsible for any damage to any system caused by the programs listed as
Official Versions, or by anything using the name of an Official Version.
Much Ado about Telix - an Editorial
Before we begin this month's carnage and mayhem, please allow me to clear
up a question that has just about resulted in the total weardown of your
Hack Squad's keyboard.
When the December issue of The Hack Report was written, the latest
official release of Telix was version 3.15, which still carried the Exis
trademark. At that time, the new owners of Telix, deltaComm, were in the
process of beta testing a shareware upgrade to their program. Since it
is the official policy of this report not to advertise upcoming releases,
and since the version number was not known to this reporter, the pending
upgrade was not mentioned in the report.
Within a week after the December issue came out, deltaComm released their
upgrade. They chose 3.20 as the new version number, which is (of course)
their legal right. Unfortunately, this happened to coincide with a
previously reported hacked version number, which was listed in the
December issue.
Of course, the result of this was that there were many questions sent to
Hack Central Station, all asking for confirmation of this new Telix that
had been uploaded to the questioners' BBS systems, or seen on the
questioners' favorite boards. The response to all questions was the
same: the new version is legitimate, as long as it has deltaComm's logo
and a release date of either December 10th or December 14th, 1992.
This incident is entirely my fault: it is my responsibility, as author
of The Hack Report, to stay up to date on the latest official versions of
files listed in this report. I apologize for the inconvenience and
uncertainty that this has caused, and I hope that all of you, as readers
of this report, can forgive the oversight of a tired (and slightly
underpaid <g>) reporter.
Hacked Programs
Here are the latest versions of some programs known to have hacked copies
floating around. Archive names are listed when known, along with the
person who reported the fraud (thanks from us all!).
Program Hack(s) Latest Official Version
------- ------- -----------------------
BNU FOSSIL Driver BNU202 BNU170
Reported By: Amauty Lambrecht (2:291/712) (not counting betas)
| BNU188B
| Reported By: David Nugent (3:632/348),
Author of BNU
| F-Prot Virus Scanner FP-205B FP-206B
| Reported By: Bill Lambdin (1:343/45)
PKLite PKLTE201 PKL115
| Reported By: Wen-Chung Wu (1:102/342)
PKZip PKZ301 PKZIP110
| Reported By: Mark Dudley (1:3612/601)
| Jon Grimes (1:104/332)
| Shez SHEZ72A SHEZ83
SHEZ73
Reported By: Bill Lambdin (1:343/45)
| Telix Telix v3.20 TLX320-1
| (Prior to Dec. 1992) TLX320-2
| Telix v3.25 TLX320-3
| Reported By: Brian C. Blad (1:114/107) TLX320-4
Peter Kirn (WildNet, via
Ken Whiton)
Telix v4.00
Telix v4.15
Reported By: Barry Bryan (1:370/70)
Telix v4.25
Reported By: Daniel Zuck (2:247/30, via Chris
Lueders (2:241/5306.1)
MegaTelix
Verified By Jeff Woods, deltaComm, Inc.
| Please Note - the 3.20 release dated either December 10th
| or December 14th, 1992, is legitimate: any earlier file
| calling itself v3.20 and carrying an Exis, Inc. trademark
| is not legitimate. Please thoroughly check your version
| prior to sending questions to this reporter! <g>
Telix Pro
Reported By: Jason Engebretson (1:114/36),
in the FidoNet TELIX echo
=========================================================================
||
From the files of The Hack Squad: || by Lee Jackson, Co-Moderator,
|| FidoNet International Echo SHAREWRE
The Hack Report || Volume 2, Number 1
for January, 1993 || Report Date: January 3, 1993
||
=========================================================================
Welcome to the first 1993 issue of The Hack Report. This is a series
of reports that aim to help all users of files found on BBSs avoid
fraudulent programs, and is presented as a free public service by the
FidoNet International Shareware Echo and the author of the report, Lee
Jackson (FidoNet 1:382/95).
This issue begins a brand new year for us here at Hack Central Station.
As you will soon note, this report is quite a bit shorter that the last
1992 issue. This is due to all previously reported (and confirmed) files
being removed from the list: they are still listed in the file
HACK92FA.RPT, which comes with the archive version of this report. Only
unsettled/unconfirmed listings from last year's issues are carried over.
If you have a copy of the December report, please don't delete it, since
you'll need it as a reference to previously reported files.
There are quite a few important listings this time around, including a
clarification of a file that has caused quite a bit of work for your Hack
Squad. Thanks to everyone who has helped put this report together, and
to those that have sent in comments and suggestions.
NOTE TO SYSOPS: The Hack Report may be freely posted as a bulletin on
your BBS, subject to these conditions:
1) the latest version is used,
2) it is posted in its entirety, and
3) it is not altered in any way.
NOTE TO OTHER READERS: The Hack Report (file version) may be freely
uploaded to any BBS, subject to the above conditions, and only if you do
not change the filename. You may convert the archive type as you wish,
but please leave the filename in its original HACK????.* format. The
Hack Report may also be cross-posted in other networks (with the
permission of the other network) as long as it meets the above conditions
and you give appropriate credit to the FidoNet International Shareware
Echo (and the author <g>).
The idea is to make this information available freely. However, please
don't cut out the disclaimers and other information if you use it, or
confuse the issue by spreading the file under different names. Thanks!
DISCLAIMER: The listings of Official Versions are not a guarantee of the
files' safety or fitness for use. Someone out there might just be
sick-minded enough to upload a Trojan with an "official" file name, so
>scan everything you download<!!! The author of this report will not be
responsible for any damage to any system caused by the programs listed as
Official Versions, or by anything using the name of an Official Version.
Much Ado about Telix - an Editorial
Before we begin this month's carnage and mayhem, please allow me to clear
up a question that has just about resulted in the total weardown of your
Hack Squad's keyboard.
When the December issue of The Hack Report was written, the latest
official release of Telix was version 3.15, which still carried the Exis
trademark. At that time, the new owners of Telix, deltaComm, were in the
process of beta testing a shareware upgrade to their program. Since it
is the official policy of this report not to advertise upcoming releases,
and since the version number was not known to this reporter, the pending
upgrade was not mentioned in the report.
Within a week after the December issue came out, deltaComm released their
upgrade. They chose 3.20 as the new version number, which is (of course)
their legal right. Unfortunately, this happened to coincide with a
previously reported hacked version number, which was listed in the
December issue.
Of course, the result of this was that there were many questions sent to
Hack Central Station, all asking for confirmation of this new Telix that
had been uploaded to the questioners' BBS systems, or seen on the
questioners' favorite boards. The response to all questions was the
same: the new version is legitimate, as long as it has deltaComm's logo
and a release date of either December 10th or December 14th, 1992.
This incident is entirely my fault: it is my responsibility, as author
of The Hack Report, to stay up to date on the latest official versions of
files listed in this report. I apologize for the inconvenience and
uncertainty that this has caused, and I hope that all of you, as readers
of this report, can forgive the oversight of a tired (and slightly
underpaid <g>) reporter.
Hacked Programs
Here are the latest versions of some programs known to have hacked copies
floating around. Archive names are listed when known, along with the
person who reported the fraud (thanks from us all!).
Program Hack(s) Latest Official Version
------- ------- -----------------------
BNU FOSSIL Driver BNU202 BNU170
Reported By: Amauty Lambrecht (2:291/712) (not counting betas)
| BNU188B
| Reported By: David Nugent (3:632/348),
Author of BNU
| F-Prot Virus Scanner FP-205B FP-206B
| Reported By: Bill Lambdin (1:343/45)
PKLite PKLTE201 PKL115
| Reported By: Wen-Chung Wu (1:102/342)
PKZip PKZ301 PKZIP110
| Reported By: Mark Dudley (1:3612/601)
| Jon Grimes (1:104/332)
| Shez SHEZ72A SHEZ83
SHEZ73
Reported By: Bill Lambdin (1:343/45)
| Telix Telix v3.20 TLX320-1
| (Prior to Dec. 1992) TLX320-2
| Telix v3.25 TLX320-3
| Reported By: Brian C. Blad (1:114/107) TLX320-4
Peter Kirn (WildNet, via
Ken Whiton)
Telix v4.00
Telix v4.15
Reported By: Barry Bryan (1:370/70)
Telix v4.25
Reported By: Daniel Zuck (2:247/30, via Chris
Lueders (2:241/5306.1)
MegaTelix
Verified By Jeff Woods, deltaComm, Inc.
| Please Note - the 3.20 release dated either December 10th
| or December 14th, 1992, is legitimate: any earlier file
| calling itself v3.20 and carrying an Exis, Inc. trademark
| is not legitimate. Please thoroughly check your version
| prior to sending questions to this reporter! <g>
Telix Pro
Reported By: Jason Engebretson (1:114/36),
in the FidoNet TELIX echo
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