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Re: .exe files on a Mac

From	nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: .exe files on a Mac
Date	2014-01-20 13:35 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<200120141335386604%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References	(4 earlier) <do_ray_me-3F6518.11451020012014@news.albasani.net> <t5udnTEdrLWe6UHPnZ2dnUVZ_q-dnZ2d@giganews.com> <lbj7vp$mq9$1@dont-email.me> <200120141045425092%nospam@nospam.invalid> <lbjnj0$upu$1@dont-email.me>

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In article <lbjnj0$upu$1@dont-email.me>, philo  <philo@privacy.net>
wrote:

> >> OTOH: Though of course any type of file could be contained within
> >> such...I don't know of any situations where I've ever come across it
> >> with a media file.
> >
> > exactly. media files are distributed just as they are. there's no need
> > to make it self-extracting since there's no need to compress them, as
> > they are already compressed.
> 
> It's also possible the the exe is some sort of a "downloader" 
> application that installs tons of crapware onto a Windows system.

in other words, malware.

movies aren't distributed that way. 

> If the user is careful there is usually an option to opt out that has to 
> be clicked each time the next piece of junk appears. It seems most 
> people just click "yes" and fill their machine with so much junk
> it hardly runs.

nobody reads that stuff.

Thread

.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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