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On 9/19/2004 at 7:56 AM Geoffrey wrote:

>>>And you determined this how?  Certainly not by the name alone..

>> Not /entirely/...

>How else?

Simple, really.  I run Windows and own(ed) a Palm Pilot.  This isn't the
first time I've encountered this DLL (Dynamic Link Library).  ;c)

>>>>Anyway, the file itself is pretty harmless, even on a windows machine. 
>>>As long as it REALLY is what you THINK it is.
>> Well, he DID run strings, didn't he?
>True, but I'm pretty sure your post was before he posted the output to 
>strings... :)

Actually, I don't remember.  I think I was formulating a response when the
strings reply came back.  Anyway, it doesn't matter much and here's why:
Dynamic Link Libraries don't belong on Linux boxes, right?  So they
obviously aren't self-executable by reckoning of the operating system.  Nor
are they self-executable on Windows machines; in fact, most are just
'chunks of code' that are called into play / memory only when needed, which
is their purpose and in concept a sound idea.  Further, if you were to
write a virus for *nix machines, would you use a naming convention that
followed the Windows file extension of .dll?  Nor likely would any *nix
virus writer I would think. ;c)

TTFN,
Robert~

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