---------------------------------------- TROJAN HORSE ALERT: BOGUS PC-WRITE 2.7x ---------------------------------------- The latest INFOWORLD (02/09/87) reports the discovery of a bogus version of PC-WRITE. Tom Wilkinson, the sysop in Los Angeles who discovered it says "the trojan version when invoked, destroys the file allo- cation table of a user's hard disk, and initiates a low level format, destroying the hard disk's data." The bad version pretends to be the latest version, PC-WRITE 2.71 and is 98,274 bytes long. The real version of 2.7 is 98,242 bytes long, and the real version of 2.71 is 98,644 bytes. Wilkinson says the version posted on Compuserve is the real version. INFOWORLD reports that "Quicksoft, PC-WRITE's developer, is offering $2500 reward for the first person who identifies the creator of the bogus program and a $5000 reward for the person who provides proof that convicts the perpetrator." Don Richardson, 02/10/87