> Message: 19
> Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:01:39 -0500
> From: John Jasen <jja...@realityfailure.org>
> Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] HQX8 message file not supported?
> To: ClamAV users ML <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net>
> Message-ID: <498bc433.7030...@realityfailure.org>
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> 
> s...@softhome.net wrote:
>>> Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:07:52 -0500
>>> From: John Jasen <jja...@realityfailure.org>
>>> Subject: [Clamav-users] HQX8 message file not supported? 
>>> I have no idea what HQX8 files are, and it appears my google search
>>> skills are lacking. Can someone enlighten me as to what these are, and
>>> whether or not I should be concerned?  
>>>
>> 
>> It is a compression/decompression format which was used on pre OS X mac 
>> platforms. I have never seen it used on Windows or latterly on Linux.
>> It needs Binhex 4.0 to convert a file with hqx extension. Earlier versions 
>> of StuffitEx could also convert it. 
> 
> HQX definitely is BinHex. I was/am confused about the HQX8 part.

http://www.cybersoft.com/training/vstk_training_handbook.pdf
The term hqx8 occurs on page 30. Hope this helps. 

Cheers 

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