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Old 08-11-2002, 05:15 PM   #1
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Anyway to make file look corrupted???


I was wondering if anyone knows of a tool that will make a valid file look corrupted (of course, it will do this by modifying the file in some way and should come with the program that will return it's state to one of being valid)? Thanks for your time...
 
Old 08-11-2002, 08:21 PM   #2
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How about encrypting it?
 
Old 08-11-2002, 09:29 PM   #3
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Re: Anyway to make file look corrupted???

*seconds crabboy ... GPG would be a good solution ...

http://www.gnupg.org

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