Existing users, 
StuffIt Expander
expands downloaded file archives
Version: 13.0.2
10.0 Fails to expand archives
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: nick1394 Thursday, September 22 2005 @ 07:34 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Over One Year
Recommend Product: NO
Downloaded the latest Virex definition (.gz) file. Stuffit 10.0 appeared to expand the archive successfully but the resulting .pkg file was only 64k bytes in size and consequently would not install the virus definitions. Reverted to Expander 9.0.1 which expanded the same .gz file to a .pkg file of 7.2 MB which was installable. Seems like the legendary Smith Micro software flakiness didn't take long to make its presence felt on this product. I suppose it's an advance that they don't charge for this non-funtioning software unlike the many iterations of FaxSTF.
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10.0 Fails to expand archives - StopComplaining5555
Forgot to mention, I too downloaded the ".gz" file and was able to expand it with Expander 10 if I took the outputted file and dragged and dropped it on a expander again. MacAfee packaged this ".gz" file somewhat incorrectly.Friday, September 23 2005 @ 12:39 PM PDT
10.0 Fails to expand archives - StopComplaining5555
I figured what was wrong with this package. The idiots at MacAfee packaged this as a tar.gz file but left off the ".tar" extension nor did they name it correctly like ".tgz". That's why the outputted file needs to be dragged on dropped on StuffIt Expander 10 again. So in this case, it's not necessarily Expander 10's fault but MacAfee.Friday, September 23 2005 @ 12:49 PM PDT
10.0 Fails to expand archives - StopComplaining5555
Just in case the file is different than the one you downloaded, I downloaded this file from this link here:http://download.nai.com/products/datfiles/mac/virex7/V7050921.gz
Friday, September 23 2005 @ 12:59 PM PDT
10.0 Fails to expand archives - StopComplaining5555
Try expanding the outputed file again. It worked for me.Reply to This
Friday, September 23 2005 @ 12:37 PM PDT