  ========================================================================
                                    ||
  From the files of The Hack Squad: ||  by Lee Jackson, Co-Moderator,
                                    ||  FidoNet International Echo SHAREWRE
          The Hack Report           ||  Volume 1, Number 17
           for May, 1992            ||  Report Date: May 8, 1992
                                    ||
  ========================================================================

  Welcome to the seventeenth issue of The Hack Report.  This is a series of
  reports that aim to help all users of files found on BBSs avoid
  fraudulent programs, and is presented as a free public service by the
  FidoNet International Shareware Echo and the author of the report, Lee
  Jackson (FidoNet 1:382/87.4).

| With this issue, The Hack Report becomes a monthly affair.  Late breaking
| information is still posted weekly in the FidoNet International Shareware
| Echo, and will be included in the following month's issue.  Also, a
| couple of minor cosmetic changes have been made to go along with the new
| release schedule, just for fun.  :-)

| There are more confirmations this week, both of legitimate files and
| frauds, and a possible dropper rears its head.  Thanks to everyone who
| has helped put this report together, and to those that have sent in
| comments and suggestions (we really do listen here at Hack Central
| Station).  If you have any comments, please send FidoNet NetMail to me at
| 1:382/87.4, or call The ECS BBS at (512)328-6923 and leave a message in
| the ECS_GENERAL area.  RIME readers may send comments directed to RIME
| address MAH (Modem Addictus Hospital, (512)443-8941).

  NOTE TO SYSOPS: The Hack Report may be freely posted as a bulletin on
  your BBS, subject to these conditions:

             1) the latest version is used,
             2) it is posted in its entirety, and
             3) it is not altered in any way.

  NOTE TO OTHER READERS: The Hack Report (file version) may be freely
  uploaded to any BBS, subject to the above conditions, and only if you do
  not change the filename.  You may convert the archive type as you wish,
  but please leave the filename in its original HACK???.* format.  The Hack
  Report may also be cross-posted in other networks (with the permission of
  the other network) as long as it meets the above conditions and you give
  appropriate credit to the FidoNet International Shareware Echo (and the
  author <g>).

  The idea is to make this information available freely.  However, please
  don't cut out the disclaimers and other information if you use it, or
  confuse the issue by spreading the file under different names.  Thanks!

  DISCLAIMER: The listings of Official Versions are not a guarantee of the
  files' safety or fitness for use.  Someone out there might just be
  sick-minded enough to upload a Trojan with an "official" file name, so

  >scan everything you download<!!!  The author of this report will not be

  responsible for any damage to any system caused by the programs listed as
  Official Versions, or by anything using the name of an Official Version.

  Now that the Draconian stuff is out of the way, let's get to the report!

  ************************************************************************

                              Hacked Programs

  Here are the latest versions of some programs known to have hacked copies
  floating around.  Archive names are listed when known, along with the
  person who reported the fraud (thanks from us all!).

   Program              Hack(s)            Latest Official Version
   -------              -------            -----------------------
  AutoMenu              AUTO48                     AUTO47
      Reported By:  Tony Blair (WildNet)
                via Ken Whiton (1:132/152)
      Verified by Marshall Magee, Magee Enterprises, Inc.

   CatDisk              CDISK510                   CDISK620
                        CDISK530
                        CDISK661
      Reported By:  Jeff Kaplow (1:120/234)

|  CompuShow            CSHOW801                   CSHW844A
                        CSHOW831
                        CSHOW851
      Reported By:  Paul Brazil
      (Note:  Any version ending with a B, such as CSHW841B, is _not_
       a shareware version.  This is the enhanced version received
       with the user's registration and is not to be distributed.
       Consider all B archives to be pirated copies.)

   Las Vegas EGA Casino (unknown)
      Reported by the author, Diana Gruber, in the ILink net,
      relayed by Richard Steiner (1:282/85)
      (Note:  a version of this program sold through Gemini
       shareware outlets with the title screen "Special GEMINI
       game disk" and a version calling itself the "Ledyard$
       EGA Casino" have been distributed.  No archive names
       have been supplied yet.)

   List                 LIST8                      LIST76B
                        LIST18
      Reported by: The Hack Squad (from the Buerg BBS)

   Math Master          MATHMSTR                   M-MST301
      Reported by: James Frazee (1:343/158)

   PKZip                PKZIP120                   PKZIP110
                        PKZIP20B
      Reported by: Fred Towner (1:134/73)
                        PKZ201.ZIP
                        PKZ201.EXE
      Reported by: Jim Westbrook (1:382/29)
                        PKX201.EXE
      Reported by: Bill Logan (1:300/22)

   QEdit Advanced       XEDIT                      QEDIT215
      Reported by: Sammy Mitchell, Author
      (thanks to Rand Nowell and Joe Morlan for relaying the report)

   Telegard 2.9E Alpha  TG29EALP                   Telegard 2.7
      Reported by: Karen Maynor (1:3640/5)
      (Found on the NightOwl CD-ROM disc version 5.0)

   Telix                Telix v3.20                Telix v3.15
                        Telix v3.25
      Reported by: Brian C. Blad (1:114/107)
                        Telix v4.00
                        Telix v4.15
      Reported by: Barry Bryan (1:370/70)
                        Telix v4.25
                        MegaTelix
      Verified by Jeff Woods, Exis, Inc., in the TELIX echo,
      who also states that there will be _no_ release titled
      Telix 4.0.  He states the next release of Telix will be
      under a completely new name, which has not been decided
      upon yet.

   TheDraw              TDRAW430                   TDRAW451
                        TDRAW500
      Reported By: Ian Davis, Author
|                       TDRAW550
|     Reported By: Steve Klemetti (1:228/19)
                        TDRAW600
      Reported By: Hawley Warren (1:120/297)
                        TDRAW800
      Reported By: James Carswell (1:153/775)

   Turbo Antivirus      Version 9.00b              Version 8.10
                        Version 9.01a
                        (Archive names unknown)
      Reported by: Thomas Ruess (2:246/24)

   X00 Fossil           X00V130                    X00V124
|                       X00V130J                   (also official is
                                                    X00V149A, a beta
                                                    test of an OS/2 ver.)

  =======================================================================

                                Hoax Alert:

  Here is the test, devised by Tim Fitzgerald of 1:3800/18.0, to try if you
  think you have managed to get a program called XTRATANK to work on your
  system.  Follow these simple steps:

      1. Run CHKDSK and write down the free space it reports as free.
      2. Do a DIR command and write down what XTRATANK reports.
      3. Copy any text file to a new text file.
      4. Repeat steps 1 and 2, and compare.

  You will see that XTRATANK reports that twice as much disk space is taken
  up by the new text file.  Tim concludes that XTRATANK fools you into
  thinking that it gives you more space by doubling what the DOS DIR
  command reports.  Fortunately, it is still harmless.  Consider it a hoax
  that doesn't work.

  Other previously reported hoaxes:

  Filename       Claimed use/Actual activity/Reporter(s)
  ------------   --------------------------------------------------------
  2496.*         This, and all files that claim to run a 2400 bps
                 modem at 9600 or 14400 bps, are hoaxes.  If you
                 follow their instructions, you will have a 0 bps
                 modem.  Reported by several people.

  AMIGA.*        Claims to allow IBM/Clones to read Amiga Workbench
                 Disks: displays a picture of an Amiga Workbench disk
                 on your screen, then spins your A: drive and locks
                 your system.  From Suriya Matsuda, Jacob Kanafoski
|                (1:3613/4), Derek Vanmunster (1:229/418), and Jeff
                 Hancock (1:3600/7).

  BIMOD126.*     Claims to be version 1.26 of BiModem - actually v1.24
                 renamed and re-archived.

  =======================================================================

                              The Trojan Wars

| Well, it was too good to last.  A possible dropper has appeared, as
| relayed by The Hack Report's gateway to WildNet, Ken Whiton.  As usual,
| this is one section you shouldn't skip: read on and see why.

| A conversation between Tim Sawchuck and Jeff Simmons in the WildNet
| VIRUSES_MN conference revealed the possible existence of an archive of
| VPIC47 that contains the Dark Avenger virus, "split" so that no scanner
| can pick it up.  For the record, the latest official version of VPIC is
| v48C.  So, grab the latest release and you'll avoid this one.

  Please be aware that the PKZip v2.0B hack reported in the hack
  section of this report could be a Trojan.  According to the report
  filed in the VIRUS_INFO echo by Fred Towner, the archive (an ARJ
  archive, no less(!)) had these files in it:

        PKZIP20B.EXE
        UNKNOWN.NFO
        MUSTREAD.COM (archived with PKLITE)
        WATCHME!.EXE (archived with PKLITE)

  Fred was wise enough not to try and run any of these programs, so
  Trojan activity has not been confirmed.  Fortunately, the PKZ201 (and
  PKX201) files appear to be nothing more than hacks of the 1.93 Alpha
  release.  Some relief, but a hack is a hack.

  Other previously reported Trojans/Droppers:

  Filename        Claimed use/Actual activity/Reporter(s)
  ------------    -------------------------------------------------------
  GREYSCAL.*      Claims to be a monitor adjustment utility - actually
                  a dropper - infects files on your hard drive with the
                  FISH virus through the README.EXE file in the archive.
                  Not detectable by any scanner.  From Bill Logan
                  (1:300/22).

  MONOP3-0.*      Supposed to be Monopoly for Windows.  Contains
                  FORMAT.COM from DOS 4.01 and STACKEY v2.1 (renamed as
                  MONOP1.COM and MONOPOLY.COM and invoked by a batch
                  file called README!!.BAT).  Will try and format your
                  hard drive - a volume label on your HD will thwart
                  this one.  From Derek Vanmunster (1:229/418).

  Obnoxious       "Tetris" clones for the Macintosh - actually droppers
    Tetris        of the MBDFA virus.  Via Paul Ferguson (1:109/229)
  Tetriscycle     in the VIRUS_INFO echo.
  Ten Tile Puzzle

  OCEAN.ZIP       From the BBS description: "Wonderful Game, Reward for
  PLANTS.ZIP      the person who conquers it 1 time, Good luck, how does
  RAINBOW.ZIP     30,000 bucks sound to you if you break the pattern, try
                  this game, it is wonderful, waht a challenge, bet you
                  can't break the pattern. $50, 000 if you do it twice."
                  Actually a compiled batch file that tries to erase all
                  files on your C: drive.  From Richard Dale (1:280/333).

  PSI3.ARJ        Passing itself as the LHA Archiver, version 3.00.  It
                  destroys your partition table, boot sector, and parts
                  of FAT 1 and FAT 2.  From Nemrod Kedem (2:403/138).

  SCAN87.*        Suspected of Trojan activity, but not confirmed.  The
  SCAN88.*        latest official release is SCAN89B.  Reported by
  SCAN96.*        several.

  TGSEC16.*       Trojan version of Telegard Security Package - both
                  executables in the archive will infect your system
                  with the Dark Avenger virus, and the text files show
                  you how to ease access to your system by hackers instead
                  of prevent access.  By Scott Raymond, author of the
                  real package (latest official version is TGSEC17.*).

  ZAPPER15.*      PSI3, mentioned above, recommends an "antivirus"
                  program called ZAPPER15.* to remove a virus called
                  "PSQR".  ZAPPER15 is another Trojan which overwrites
                  your hard disk's boot sector with random garbage data
                  from memory.  It contains no viral code.  Also from
                  Nemrod Kedem (2:403/138)

  ========================================================================

                        Pirated Commercial Software

  Program                 Archive Name(s)       Reported By
  -------                 ---------------       -----------
  Above Disk v3.00A       EXP-MEM.*             Dale Woloshin (1:163/211.3)
                                                and Wolfgang Fritz

  Backgammon Royale       BGROYALE.*            Shakib Otaqui (2:440/74)
                          BGROYDOX.*

  BeetleJuice (game)      BJUICE.*              Alan Hess (1:261/1000)
                          BJ.*                  Bill Blakely
                                                  (RIME Shareware echo)

  Bootcon                 unknown               Mike Dunsmore
  (by Modular Software                            (RIME Shareware echo)
      Systems)

  Commander Keen          #2KEEN.*              Steve Hodsdon (1:132/119.12)
   (parts 2 and 3)        #3KEEN.*              Harold Stein
                                                 (via Ken Whiton, 1:132/152)

  Double Disk             DDISK214.*            Ronald McGill (1:167/149)

  Duke Nukem parts 2 & 3  DUKEZIP2.EXE          Steve Hodsdon (1:132/119.12),
                          #2DUKE.*              Craig Demarsh (1:260/213),
                          DUKEZIP3.EXE          and Hal Thompson (1:353/220)

  Eagle's Nest (game)     Unknown               Mike Headley (1:362/112)
                          (not in wide distribution)

  Fastback Plus v2.0      FBPL200.*             Bogie Bugsalewicz (1:115/738)

  Flashlink MNP Emulator  FLASHLNK.*            Several

| Gauntlet (game)         GAUNTLET.*            Cimarron Mittlesteadt
|                                                (via Ken Whiton, WildNet)

  LotusWorks v1.0         LWORKS.*              Brian Luker (1:167/149)

  Mac-in-Dos              CLINK.*               Arthur Taber (1:125/28)
                     (not the SEALink protocol)
                          MAC-DOS.*             Ron Bass (1:128/13.3)
                                                Leslie Meehan, original
                                                  reporter (unknown)

  Microsoft Mouse Driver  MOUSE810.*            Bat Lang (1:382/87)

  MTE MNP Emulator        MTE215.*              Bat Lang (1:382/87)
                          MTE210E.*
                          MTE210F.*
                          MTE210G.*
                          MX5.*                 Wolfgang Fritz
                                    Verified by Steve Lieberman
                                             of MagicSoft, Inc.
                          MX6.*

  Optune                  OPTUNE.*              Bat Lang (1:382/87)
                          OPTUNE11.*
                          OPTUNE12.*            Jeff Dunlop (1:203/16)

  Paganitzu part 2        #2PAGA.*              Harold Stein
                                                 (via Ken Whiton, 1:132/152)

  QModem 5.0              QM50.*                Daniel Hagerty (1:208/216)
|                         QMODEM50.*            Larry Owens (1:280/87)

| Rambo (game)            RAMBO.*               Cimarron Mittlesteadt
                                                 (via Ken Whiton, WildNet)

  SimCGA                  SIMCGA40.*            Joe Morlan (1:125/28)
                          SIMCGA41.*

  SIMCITY                 SIMCITY.*             Mark Visser

  Solitare Royale         SOLITRYL.*            Dan Brady (1:282/108)
                          SOLIT.*               Bud Webster (1:264/165.7)

  Spot (7-Up game)        SPOT.*                Steve Hodsdon (1:132/119.12)

  Squish 2.1              SQUISH21.*            Several
                                                (verified by Joe Morlan)

| Supaplex                Unknown               Kevin Donald (1:123/54)
|                                               Rick Rosinski (1:239/1004)
|                                               Dennis Matney (1:230/12)

| Top Gun                 TOPGUN.*              Cimarron Mittelsteadt
|                                                (WildNet, via Ken Whiton)

  Tunnels of Armageddon   TUNNELS1.*            Wolfgang Fritz (1:249/140)
                          TUNNELS2.*

====================================================================

                      ?????Questionable Programs?????

| Last issue, Steve Baker (1:114/116) reported the existance of a new
| version of the CompuShow GIF viewer, uploaded to his board as CSHOWA.ARJ.
| Since then, more questions about this file, from Jack Cross (1:3805/13)
| and Jeff Hancock (1:3600/7) were posted in the FidoNet International
| Shareware Echo.  Your Hack Squad decided it was time to check this on the
| CompuServe Graphics Forum.  I located the CSHOWA file, uploaded by the
| author of the program.  The abstract of the file listed it as version
| 8.44a.  I downloaded it and verified this version number.  So, as you can
| see in the list of official versions in the Hacked Files section of the
| report, version 8.44a of CompuShow is an official release.

| Cimarron Mittlesteadt reports in the WildNet Shareware Conference that a
| file called ALF.ZIP is a possible dropper of the Stoned virus.  However,
| no other information was given.  If anyone has seen this or has any
| information on it, please forward it ASAP.

  A report has been relayed from Brian Hess (WildNet, via Ken Whiton)
  concerning a program called TMFIX.ZIP.  The archive contains the files
  TMFIX.EXE and TMFIX.DOC.  Brian states that McAfee Associates
  determined the archive is "absolutely a Trojan file," and he thanks
  them for their help in fixing "all problems with this file." I must
  admit that I'm a bit lost on this one, and I can not confirm McAfee's
  involvement with this archive.  If someone reading this has any inside
  information that could fill in the gaps, please enlighten your pleading
  Hack Squad.

| As you can see above in the Pirated Commercial Software section,
| Supaplex has been determined to be a commercial file.  According to
| Dennis Matney (1:230/12), the game is by a company called Digital
| Integration, LTD.

| Last week, Harold Stein (WildNet) had asked, via Ken Whiton, to relay
| that any games by Apogee with a number other than #1 in the filename
| are usually not a shareware, but registered modules of the games in
| question.  This week, he reports that there may be a second trilogy of
| the Commander Keen series, numbered #4KEEN - #6KEEN, and that #4 may
| have been released as shareware.

| Charles Jennings (1:382/32) has sent a README file from #4Keen that
| confirms that #4 is a shareware release.  However, please be careful with
| any Apogee game not numbered #1, however, since there are some pirated
| modules floating around.  Be on the lookout, and double check any you
| see.

  BiModem is the subject this time, but the situation doesn't quite fit
  into any of the other categories of this report.  A few users have seen a
  version called BIMOD125.* floating around, and wondered if it was a hack.
  Steve Baker (1:114/116.0) called the support BBS and verified your Hack
  Squad's information: v1.25 is a closed beta.  Version 1.24 is the latest
  public release.  This information was also verified by the Hack Squad (in
  lurk mode over in the BIMODEM echo) through a message posted by Michael
  Ingram (1:114/151).  In short, if you see BIMOD125, delete it - it's a
  beta that shouldn't be out yet.

  Yet another one that doesn't seem to fit anywhere is a Windows program
  called WinSpeed.  Bill Eastman (1:382/87.12) relayed a message from Alan
  Zisman (1:153/9) in the WINDOWS echo about this file, and Piyadaroon
  Kalayanamit (1:382/87) quickly cleared the confusion.  Apparently, there
  are _two_ different programs called WinSpeed: one is a commercial package
  of Windows video drivers, which should not be posted for download on any
  BBS.  The other is a small utility that will report your system speed
  from within Windows, and is a legitimate shareware file.

  James Brown (1:266/22.0) has reported in the WINDOWS echo that the
  shareware WinSpeed has been renamed to WINDSOCK.  According to James,
  the author(s) took the original off of CompuServe, renamed it, and
  resubmitted it.  Hopefully, this will ease the confusion, but there
  _will_ be copies floating around under the old name.  So, be careful
  with this one.  If you get a copy of the video driver file from
  someone, delete it: it is not shareware.


  I still have no further confirmation of MTG2400, reported by Zach Adam of
  1:2200/103.  The description says this program will run a 2400bps modem
  like a 4800bps modem, which sounds a bit like the MTE program listed in
  the Pirated Commercial Software section.  Any information would be
  appreciated.

  ========================================================================

                               Clarification

  Len Hult (RIME, via Richard Steiner, 1:282/85), has relayed a message
  from one of his users concerning the CREDITFX program that was previously
  reported in the Hoax Alert section.  His user (no name given) said he had
  not received his software by March 3, 1992, and the phone number of the
  company (North Atlantic Publishing) did not connect.  However, the user
  had received his software on or before April 25, 1992.  Rather than
  continue to list this as a hoax, I have decided to print this
  clarification.  Users should always be wary of any software that seems
  "too good to be true," but this appears to be a legitimate program.

  ************************************************************************

                                Conclusion

  If you see one of these on a board near you, it would be a very friendly
  gesture to let the SysOp know.  Remember, they can get in just as much
  trouble as the fiend who uploads pirated files, so help them out if you
  can.


                          ***HACK SQUAD POLICY***

  The intent of this report is to help SysOps and Users to identify
  fraudulent files.  To this extent, I give credit to the reporter of a
  confirmed hack.  On this same note, I do _not_ intend to "go after" any
  BBS SysOps who have these programs posted for d/l.  The Shareware World
  operates best when everyone works together, so it would be
  counter-productive to "rat" on anyone who has such a file on their board.
  Like I said, my intent is to help, not harm.  SysOps are strongly
  encouraged to read this report and remove all files listed within from
  their boards.  I can not and will not take any "enforcement action" on
  this, but you never know who else may be calling your board.  Pirated
  commercial software posted for d/l can get you into _deeply_ serious
  trouble with certain authorities.

  Updates of programs listed in this report need verification.  It is
  unfortunate that anyone who downloads a file must be paranoid about its
  legitimacy.  Call me a crusader, but I'd really like to see the day that
  this is no longer true.  Until then, if you _know_ of a new official
  version of a program listed here, please help me verify it.

  On the same token, hacks need to be verified, too.  I won't be held
  responsible for falsely accusing the real thing of being a fraud.  So,
  innocent until proven guilty, but unofficial until verified.

  Upcoming official releases will not be included or announced in this
  report.  It is this Co-Moderator's personal opinion that the hype
  surrounding a pending release leads to hacks and Trojans, which is
  exactly the opposite of what I'm trying to accomplish here.

  If you know of any other programs that are hacks, bogus, jokes, hoaxes,
  etc., please let me know.  Thanks for helping to keep shareware clean!

Lee Jackson, Co-Moderator, FidoNet International Echo SHAREWRE (1:382/87)

====================================================================

;;  HACK0592.COL - An ASCII columnar report of all filenames
;;  reported in The Hack Report for May, 1992.
;;
;;  By Lee Jackson, Co-Moderator, FidoNet International Echo SHAREWRE
;;  (1:382/87.4)
;;
;;  Please note that there are some files listed in the report
;;  that do not have filenames.  These are not listed in this file,
;;  for obvious reasons.  Also, no file extensions are listed, since
;;  they tend to change more often than the weather. :-)
;;
;;  All lines beginning with two semicolons (;;) are comments and should
;;  be ignored, as should all blank lines.  If anyone comes up with a
;;  program that reads this file, I'd appreciate seeing it before you
;;  distribute it to the general public, for reasons that are about to
;;  be made clearer.
;;
;;  UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD THE FILES LISTED HERE BE AUTOMATICALLY
;;  DELETED FROM YOUR SYSTEM!  ANY PROGRAM THAT CHECKS THIS LIST AGAINST
;;  ANY FILE LISTING SHOULD INSTEAD FLAG ANY MATCHES FOR REVIEW.  ABOVE
;;  ALL, !!!READ THE HACK REPORT BEFORE DELETING ANY FILES!!!
;;  THE AUTHOR OF THE HACK REPORT AND THIS LIST WILL NOT BE HELD
;;  RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE AND/OR LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM THE
;;  USE OF THIS LIST.
;;
;;
#2DUKE
#2KEEN
#2PAGA
#3KEEN
#6KEEN
2496
ALF
AMIGA
AUTO48
BGROYALE
BGROYDOX
BIMOD125
BIMOD126
BJ
BJUICE
CDISK510
CDISK530
CDISK661
CLINK
CSHOW801
CSHOW831
CSHOW851
CSHW841B
DDISK214
DUKEZIP2
DUKEZIP3
EXP-MEM
FBPL200
FLASHLNK
GAUNTLET
GREYSCAL
LIST18
LIST8
LWORKS
MAC-DOS
MATHMSTR
MONOP3-0
MOUSE810
MTE210E
MTE210F
MTE210G
MTE215
MTG2400
MX5
MX6
OCEAN
OPTUNE
OPTUNE11
OPTUNE12
PKX201
PKZ201
PKZ201
PKZIP120
PKZIP20B
PLANTS
PSI3
QM50
QMODEM50
RAINBOW
RAMBO
SCAN87
SCAN88
SCAN96
SIMCGA40
SIMCGA41
SIMCITY
SOLIT
SOLITRYL
SPOT
SQUISH21
TDRAW430
TDRAW500
TDRAW550
TDRAW600
TDRAW800
TG29EALP
TGSEC16
TMFIX
TOPGUN
TUNNELS1
TUNNELS2
VPIC47
X00V130
X00V130J
XEDIT
XTRATANK
ZAPPER15
;;
;;  End of HACK0592.COL
;;

Lee Jackson, Co-Moderator, FidoNet International Echo SHAREWRE (1:382/87)

      ===================  A T T E N T I O N ! ! !  ===================

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These are the statistics for the files in this month's archive:

  Archive:  HACK0592.LZH

  Name          Length   Method   SF    now   Mod Date    Time     CRC
  ============ ======== ======== ==== ======= ========= ======== ========
  HACK0592.RPT    25605   -lh1-   60    10166 07 May 92 23:26:50 4E8B
  HACK0592.COL     1996   -lh1-   39     1207 07 May 92 23:27:34 B638
  NEWHACK.TXT      2247   -lh1-   48     1159 07 May 92 22:45:30 C0CB
  ============ ======== ======== ==== ======= ========= ======== ========
  *total     3    29848 LHARC     57%   12640 08 May 92 01:17:00

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SysOps: The Hack Report is also available via TICK from the same locations.
Please contact the SysOp of The ECS BBS, Mark Evans, or the SysOp of FLOTOM
Enterprises, Tom Lane, via NetMail for information.  They will work with you
to have your system included in their TIC.CFG files.

The Hack Report is available right after ZMH on the first Friday morning of
each month.  All other files on The ECS BBS and FLOTOM Enterprises are
available for file request from 5am - 2am Central Time, first time d/ls
allowed.

You may also find The Hack Report on your local SDNet/Works!  distribution
board.  The filename format is the same, but the .SDA/.SDN extensions are
used.

***I actively encourage the distribution of this file in its original,
   unmodified state (except for archive type conversion) to other BBS
   systems.  If you upload it to a board that isn't hooked into this echo,
   please leave a message for the SysOp to let them know what you've
   sent.  Ask them (politely) to read it and respond (if they have
   comments) through you or by calling a board that carries this echo and
   posting their comments.

My thanks go out to all who have made this report a reality (with the
exception of the hackers who made the report a necessity, of course).  The
report is not "my" report: rather, it's a report _from_ me _to_ you, based
on your posts in this and other echos.  Thanks for your support, and for
helping to keep shareware clean!

Lee Jackson, Co-Moderator, FidoNet International Echo SHAREWRE (1:382/87)
