Hi Ed,

> The day I tried to grab DV386_3H.ZIP IIRC I first went to ASK.COM and
> did a Search for http://cmech.dynip.com/BFDS and McAfee SiteAdvisor gave
> the results a Red Mark and WOT (Web of Trust) gave it a Yellow Mark.

> The results had something about FILEGATE.ZXX in it.

> www.filegate.net/info/filegate.zxx was the URL shown in the result list.

Oh geez, talk about overly warped virus stuff :)

filegate.zxx is the list of file echotags for the FileGate distribution :)

> So I entered the address www.filegate.net/bfds in firsfox and got a Pop
> Up from McAfee Site Advisor NOT to go there.

That's even more ridiculous :)  All the files on my site have been tested
(more than once) and are ok.. I use F-PROT to test the files for viruses.

Like that one:

===
bbs@filegate:~$ fpscan -r /home/ftp/pub/bfds/DV386_3H.ZIP

F-PROT Antivirus version 6.3.3.5015 (built: 2009-12-23T13-43-55)


FRISK Software International (C) Copyright 1989-2009 Engine version:   4.5.1.85
Arguments:        -r /home/ftp/pub/bfds/DV386_3H.ZIP
Virus signatures: 20110911165744b86369df95586feb7836e5b32a0e06
                  (/opt/f-prot/antivir.def)
Scanning: /
Results:
Files: 1
Skipped files: 0
MBR/boot sectors checked: 0
Objects scanned: 60
Infected objects: 0
Files with errors: 0
Disinfected: 0
Running time: 00:01
====

> I clicked to go ahead to Janis's site anyway and downloaded the file.

> I checked the file out at a CMD prompt with Pkunzip -t DV386_3H.ZIP to
> TEST the file and it didn't find anything, so I used Windows Explorer to
> Extract it and it couldn't do it, so I deleted the file.

See if you can find pkunzip.. it's a freeware version of zip.  Over here, that
archive has files in it:
====
bbs@filegate:~$ unzip -v /home/ftp/pub/bfds/DV386_3H.ZIP Archive: 
/home/ftp/pub/bfds/DV386_3H.ZIP BJr
         IFDC FileGate Project Archive (c) 1994-2012
        Distributed by The IFDC FileGate Project (sm)
For more information about the Project please visit http://www.filegate.net
---------------------------------------------------------------------------


  :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:
  |    The Positronium Repository                   FIDONet 1:393/68   |
  |      .------------------------------------------------------.      |
  |      |      Lafayette, Louisiana  USA  +1-337-984-4794      |      |
  |      `------------------------------------------------------'      |
  | -=:{ ALL Files scanned with latest A/V Signature Definitions }:=-  |
  `===================================================================='
 Length   Method    Size  Cmpr    Date    Time   CRC-32   Name
--------  ------  ------- ---- ---------- ----- --------  ----
    3605  Defl:N     1516  58% 2001-04-19 23:26 8300103e  !FILES
   10017  Defl:N     3636  64% 1998-09-21 20:30 880005ed  !PRINTME
    3710  Defl:N     1602  57% 2001-01-21 05:31 27f9ec72  !README
      36  Defl:N       35   3% 2001-04-19 23:16 31c9820d  132.BAT
      35  Stored       35   0% 1997-09-13 22:36 ac28521a  25.BAT
      35  Stored       35   0% 1997-09-13 22:36 d4ca4bc9  50.BAT
      14  Stored       14   0% 1997-09-13 22:36 976947b5  80.BAT
    1044  Defl:N      911  13% 1991-02-24 03:04 b62abd72  BROWSE.COM
      24  Stored       24   0% 1997-09-13 22:36 7d6b2c96  CAPS.COM
     148  Defl:N      138   7% 1997-09-13 22:36 866bd81b  CHOOSE.COM
    5372  Defl:N     1819  66% 2001-01-21 05:32 27a798af  CHOOSE.DOC
      68  Defl:N       67   2% 1997-09-13 22:36 a50eebaa  CRTCFLAG
      27  Stored       27   0% 1997-09-13 22:36 fcf5b0ce  CRY.BAT
    6910  Defl:N     3167  54% 2002-11-06 10:15 700be111  CRYNONE.EXE
     735  Defl:N      371  50% 1997-09-13 22:36 99ced958  CRYPTO.BAT
    3141  Defl:N     1268  60% 2001-01-21 05:32 3cabad37  CRYPTO.DOC
      23  Stored       23   0% 1997-09-13 22:36 5fe4ab38  CURSOR.COM
      66  Stored       66   0% 2012-04-01 05:00 2ed1085c  DESC.SDI
    2949  Defl:N     1400  53% 2005-08-14 01:51 3772bbf3  DESCRIPT.ION
     652  Defl:N      360  45% 2001-04-19 23:22 44ebca99  DV.BAT
   29440  Defl:N    14031  52% 2012-04-01 04:34 fb0fc68f  DV386.EXE
     766  Defl:N      175  77% 1999-02-28 00:47 b1fe286b  DV386.ICO
     545  Defl:N      148  73% 1998-05-23 06:28 9a20b78a  DV386.PIF
     310  Defl:N      242  22% 2001-01-21 05:19 efa49719  DV3RET.COM
     140  Defl:N      106  24% 1997-09-13 22:36 68094a55  DVEDIT.BAT
     967  Defl:N      274  72% 2000-12-29 22:33 83db8a7a  DVISION.PIF
    2139  Defl:N      984  54% 1998-09-20 18:14 f03a5363  DVNOTE
   21950  Defl:N     7427  66% 1997-09-13 22:36 2dcef8b6  DVNOTEA
    7191  Defl:N     2420  66% 1997-09-13 22:36 914b53a1  DVNOTEE
      21  Stored       21   0% 1997-09-13 22:36 a4cd5238  DVPRINT.BAT
     619  Defl:N      313  49% 1997-10-07 17:05 940db72e  DVRAM.BAT
     339  Defl:N      201  41% 1997-12-04 17:01 aeaa12d5  DVVIEW.BAT
    7355  Defl:N     2483  66% 2001-02-12 05:50 34492a51  ERROR.TXT
    4860  Defl:N     1315  73% 2012-04-01 04:55 77c029f5  FILES.BBS
    4096  Defl:N      411  90% 2002-08-20 03:42 2761b029  FILES.FIX
     455  Defl:N      328  28% 2012-04-01 04:46 664acb3e  FILE_ID.DIZ
     353  Defl:N      232  34% 1997-09-13 22:36 76cddd0c  IML.COM
      24  Stored       24   0% 1997-09-13 22:36 d6bd6822  LOCK.COM
      21  Stored       21   0% 1997-09-13 22:36 51d0449b  NOLOCK.COM
      66  Stored       66   0% 1997-09-13 22:36 c46f5daf  PAGEWITE
   11640  Defl:N     4068  65% 1997-09-13 22:36 bb9db616  PATCH.EXE
    1154  Defl:N      307  73% 2012-04-01 05:02 e410dab0  REGISTER.DOC
    1771  Defl:N      855  52% 2001-04-19 23:07 6b6f97ea  RELEASE.TXT
     944  Defl:N      372  61% 1998-09-05 21:59 622a45aa  S132X25.EXE
     944  Defl:N      369  61% 1998-09-05 21:59 57832ca7  S132X30.EXE
     944  Defl:N      373  61% 1998-09-05 21:59 e0e9dc45  S132X60.EXE
    3946  Defl:N     2091  47% 1997-09-13 22:36 383d3fb6  SAVEIT.EXE
      22  Stored       22   0% 1997-09-13 22:36 fc63bd31  SAVER.BAT
   44800  Defl:N    31186  30% 1997-09-13 22:36 7edef1ac  SAVER.EXE
     215  Defl:N      184  14% 1997-09-13 22:36 34af80f9  SETRC.COM
      10  Stored       10   0% 1997-09-13 22:36 3e9a0846  SETRC0.COM
      74  Defl:N       73   1% 1997-09-13 22:36 8d11a4ad  TRANSPAR
    1065  Defl:N      596  44% 2012-04-01 04:50 7d5a1e9c  VENDOR.DOC
     348  Defl:N      285  18% 1997-09-13 22:36 ad8153c7  VGA132.COM
      68  Stored       68   0% 1997-09-13 22:36 5ef31d34  VGA25.COM
     113  Stored      113   0% 1997-09-13 22:36 ab8f299e  VGA30.COM
     255  Defl:N      153  40% 1997-09-13 22:36 a7e19661  VGASET.BAT
    2322  Defl:N     1343  42% 1997-09-13 23:19 d092ffa7  VIEW32.EXE
    2222  Defl:N     1338  40% 1997-09-13 23:18 8b8451ff  VIEW80.EXE
--------          -------  ---                            -------
  193125            91542  53%                            59 files
===

> I'll send You a email and get it that way.

> I see that the daily reports for Your BBS show no problems on it.

> Is Janis's site getting Redirected to filegate.zxx or is that the normal
> address for filegate?

Nope :)

> I always thought it was just www.filegate.net .

It is..

There was a time when some windows games in Gamesnet had some virus reported
by one site or another, but those were false positives too.. (very old
files).. I deleted all of them out of frustration and reported that they were
'gone' to various sites.. guess it wasn't "enough" 

Take care,
Janis

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