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Re: .exe files on a Mac

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On 01/20/2014 09:45 AM, nospam wrote:
> In article <lbj7vp$mq9$1@dont-email.me>, philoÝ <philo@privacy.net>
hat it isn't what it claims to be.
>
>> 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.

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.

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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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