Subject: RE: Mac Attack
From: KSchneider (krs@ferocitydesign.com)
Date: Thu Jan 30 2003 - 10:22:50 AKST
UltraEdit has a hex editor. I've found it useful more than a few times.
At 09:30 PM 1/29/2003 -0900, Jan Zumwalt wrote:
>
>1) Get a good text/hex editor. They are usually called programmers editors.
>Open the file and look at the hex code.
>2) Most legitimate text programs at least put a version number and program
>editor name in the first few bytes. If no version or editor name exists be
>VARY wary.
>3) Look at the hex code converted to ASCII. Most legitimate text programs
>will have a bunch of gobbley gook at the beginning of the file (approx 1k
>worth) then you should see mostly readable ASCII characters that make up the
>body of the message.
>4) If you don't see any of the above, I would ditch the file as a suspected
>virus and/or mistake.
>
>I will be at UAA Merrill field tomorrow and will try to remember to look you
>up.
>
>Jan Zumwalt
>
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