[MD1] StuffIt Trojan Horse Warning
LADDIN ANNOUNCES WARNING TO STUFFIT DELUXE USERS ABOUT A “TROJAN HORSE”
BEING DISTRIBUTED ONLINE
StuffIt Deluxe 4.5 Will Be Available In The Next 90 Days On Diskette Or CD
Only-
Do Not Download Any File Claiming To Be StuffIt Deluxe 4.5 (DR)
Watsonville, CA – September 9, 1997 – Aladdin Systems announces that it has
recently discovered that a “Trojaned” (a trouble making program hidden
within a legitimate program) called “StuffIt Deluxe 4.5 (DR)” is
circulating on Hotline servers on the Internet. This Trojan Horse
apparently deletes files while pretending to build a list.