[?7hi am writing this file due to the fact that in previous versions of this ansi
pack the file ls-notes.exe was infected with either "abraxas 5" or "dropper".
it may have been that they were infected with nothing at all, and that it was
simply a false alarm caused by me encrypting the com file with a program called
"cryptcom" included with a package called the "nowhere utilities" v2.0.

whatever it was, i am recalling the pack for the second time (the first was to
correct some errors in the member list).  i have destroyed all of the files on
my hard drive that were supposedly infected, and have replaced the executable
notes file with a simple ansi file of the same information.

although i could not find any description of a "dropper" virus (drop, dropper 2
and 3, but no dropper) my system did not seem to experience any of the symptoms
of the "abraxis 5" virus until after i had scanned it, and then the only
problem was that none of my copies of ls-notes.exe would run (overwritten code
in the infected files is one of the symptoms).  at any rate, if you have a
copy of the old pack on your hard drive, you may wish to delete the ls-notes.exefile, or the entire pack to be sure, and be sure to scan your hard drive.

this is a little late, but i am assuming that the sysops who found this for me
fixed it before putting the file online.  so this is only an "official"
correction.  i have taken measures to insure that this doesn't happen again.

phorce phed