[ale] palm41.dll weirdness

[Geoffrey]

Robert Reese wrote:
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> On 9/18/2004 at 7:38 AM Geoffrey wrote:
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>>Jim Popovitch wrote:
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>>>palm41.dll weirdness:
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>>>laptop, I noticed the file palm41.dll in my home directory.  This file
>>>was plainly not here earlier today.  This is a pretty fresh and patch
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>>Run strings on it and see if anything jumps out at you.  Scan it for 
>>viri.  What does 'file' say about it?
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> Not a virus.  This is a standard windows file for the Palm 4.1 OS.

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

> Not
> exactly sure why that would have ended up on your machine unless you
> accidentally tried to install a windows version of Palm OS or Evolution. 
> - From your description, probably not.  Does Evolution have any Palm
> plug-ins?  (I've never tried it)
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> Anyway, the file itself is pretty harmless, even on a windows machine.

As long as it REALLY is what you THINK it is.

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Until later, Geoffrey       Registered Linux User #108567
                             AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995