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Re: .exe files on a Mac

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Michelle Steiner wrote:
> In article <0001HW.CF01773A00048117B02919BF@news.giganews.com>, psr2001
> <psr2001@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>   I have downloaded several movies that contain .exe files and I'm at a loss
>> as to what to do with them. I've tried Wine and Keko but they don't seem to
>> work (unless I'm just screwing up). Can anyone advise me on this, please? TIA
>>
> You may have downloaded Windows malware masquerading as movies.
>

If so thank goodness exe files are ignored and treated as malware anyway 
even if they are legit applications.
Now if you install a version of windows through Bootcamp, Parallels or 
equivalent. Then you could run those, but as said if items are billed as 
movies and end up being exe files chances are very high they are malware.

-- 
Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T.      "If it's Fixed, Don't Break it"
http://www.phillipmjones.net    mailto:pjonescet@comcast.net

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.exe files on a Mac psr2001 <psr2001@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-19 12:36 -0500
  Re: .exe files on a Mac Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-19 10:39 -0700
    Re: .exe files on a Mac philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-19 14:30 -0600
    Re: .exe files on a Mac PhillipJones <pjonescet@comcast.net> - 2014-01-19 17:45 -0500
  Re: .exe files on a Mac Beli <baiheli.pip@xs4all.nl> - 2014-01-19 18:40 +0100
  Re: .exe files on a Mac Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-01-19 13:15 -0500
  Re: .exe files on a Mac nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-19 15:47 -0500
    Re: .exe files on a Mac dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-20 09:07 +1100
      Re: .exe files on a Mac nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-19 17:43 -0500
        Re: .exe files on a Mac dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-20 11:45 +1100
          Re: .exe files on a Mac Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-01-19 19:55 -0500
            Re: .exe files on a Mac dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-20 13:21 +1100
            Re: .exe files on a Mac philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-20 07:23 -0600
              Re: .exe files on a Mac nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-20 10:45 -0500
                Re: .exe files on a Mac philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-20 11:49 -0600
                Re: .exe files on a Mac nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-20 13:35 -0500
                Re: .exe files on a Mac John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2014-01-24 03:27 +0000
                Re: .exe files on a Mac John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2014-01-24 03:24 +0000
              Re: .exe files on a Mac John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2014-01-24 03:19 +0000
                Re: .exe files on a Mac PhillipJones <pjonescet@comcast.net> - 2014-01-24 15:38 -0500
            Re: .exe files on a Mac PhillipJones <pjonescet@comcast.net> - 2014-01-20 16:56 -0500
              Re: .exe files on a Mac John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2014-01-24 03:39 +0000
                Re: .exe files on a Mac Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2014-02-04 23:37 -0500
            Re: .exe files on a Mac super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> - 2014-01-22 22:32 -0600
              Re: .exe files on a Mac Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-22 21:41 -0800
              Re: .exe files on a Mac John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2014-01-24 03:48 +0000
            Re: .exe files on a Mac Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-01-27 17:17 +0100
    Re: .exe files on a Mac Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-01-19 19:19 -0500

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