Well bianry means two. It represents the two states of computer logic "0" and
"1".
A binary file can be considered a file that is computer readible but a human
can't read it unlike a text file.
When it comes to usenet or news forums, it means a group that allows posting
attachments that are not text files. For example, a a news group where you can
obtain MP3 files is a bianry news group. It allows posting binary files.
A group such a alt.binaries , as its name implies, allows such posting.
None binary groups such as this one prohibit this action. In this case the OP
(original poster) attached a ZIP file that had an EXE file and a REG file. If
this was a virus laden attachment, readers who don't know how to protect
themselves could have been infected.
Since the OP posted in alt.comp.virus, the following (posted by Jeff Setaro) is
relevant...
{ whats worse is that the OP posted this right after Jeff posted the
alt.comp.virus Posting Guidelines. }
Dave
PS Both Mcafee Enterprise v7 and NAI Webimmune found no such infectors in the
ZIP file (luckily !)
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UNWELCOME POSTS
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Posts of the following types are considered to be unwelcome (Types of
posts not listed here may be considered unwelcome as well; these are
just the most common examples):
a. Binaries of any sort. If you want to distribute binaries of any
sort, put them on a web page or FTP site (with the sysadmin's
approval) and post the address where they may be found. That way,
you don't abuse UseNet in the process.
b. Source code that is not relevant to the discussion. Posting
snippets of source code to elaborate on a point or further the
discussion is fine, but posting source code without relevance to
the discussion is unwelcome. Post it on a web page or FTP site (as
above) or in the newsgroup alt.comp.virus.source.code.
