Author: Matthew Barnett
Date: 06:39:59 01/17/02
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On January 17, 2002 at 07:57:13, William Penn wrote: >According to: >http://www.fileforums.com/UB/Public/HTML/B1/25668-1.topic.shtml > >We decided to make a new patch for Chessmaster 8000 available : >Download the patch : >http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/d63a8d49/bc/Cm8TK.exe?bcwsxl8ALgTr3kai >Visit us at : >http://www.chessmaster.com > >But no mention on the CM site, and that download link doesn't work: >Forbidden >/users/d63a8d49/bc/Cm8TK.exe?bcwsxl8ALgTr3kai: Permission Denied > >So is this legitimate? If legitimate, does the patched software still require a >CD? > >WP I posted this to the rec.games.chess.computer where you and I saw the message... "Looks like a hoax. Firstly, the sender at the link you give is 'jmerlin' - the nice guy at ChessMaster is J Merlino. Secondly, why link to some other site when, if it was legit, there is ChessMaster's own site! My guess it was a virus Finally, version 3.12c is redundant anyway, because you can download the latest and legit v3.12d at the ChessMaster site, which doesn't have the bugs which version c does!" Bests Matthew
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