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From: Grant [Rambunctious] Hutchinson (grant@splorp.com)
Date: Mon Aug 28 2000 - 23:05:38 CDT


>From Trojan horse rears its head on Palms

"A software programmer has created the first known Trojan
horse for a Palm, raising questions about a possible downside
to the company's legions of loyal software developers. A
malicious program masquerading as an illegal, but free,
version of the popular gaming application Liberty has been
making the rounds of Palm newsgroups and chat rooms since
late last week. The arrival of the software, which has the
potential to wipe out all the programs stored on the device,
is believed to be the first Trojan horse for the Palm..."

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-202-2635223.html

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