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<p>Created page with &quot;{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Archiving |extensions={{ext|wic}} |released=1996 }} &#039;&#039;&#039;WIC&#039;&#039;&#039; (also written &#039;&#039;&#039;WiC&#039;&#039;&#039;) (Wavelet Intelligent Compressor) is a DOS pr...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Archiving<br /> |extensions={{ext|wic}}<br /> |released=1996<br /> }}<br /> '''WIC''' (also written '''WiC''') (Wavelet Intelligent Compressor) is a DOS program, and its native '''.WIC''' format. It is a prank that pretends to be a compressed archive utility, but isn't really.<br /> <br /> == Discussion ==<br /> WIC's behavior is just believable enough that it's not obvious that it's fake.<br /> <br /> At least one of WIC's tricks is to store some or all of the file data in a secret file it creates at C:\WINDOWS\WINFILE.DLL.<br /> <br /> == Identification ==<br /> WIC files start with ASCII &quot;{{magic|WICA}}&quot; (at least for v0.6b).<br /> <br /> [TODO: How to identify the WINFILE.DLL file.]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[OWS (fake compressed archive)]] (similar prank)<br /> <br /> == Software ==<br /> * [{{SACFTPURL|pack|wic06b.zip}} WIC v0.6b]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Malware]]</div>

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