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From: Salmon Egg on 21 Feb 2010 00:23
In article <7ublm2FetsU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote:

> That is very good information, but you still have to click on
> *something* on a scam page. If you were to just close the window (and
> not via a click on anything on the page) you should not get any files
> downloaded.
>
> I do recommending using a browser that makes it very clear when you are
> downloading stuff. I like keeping the downloads window open.

The Mac is pretty good at telling you when something is being
downloaded. You can interrupt it. From time to time I have force quit
Safari as well.

One of the problems I have run in when using Safari at some sites is
that you get back to the same window even if you hit the back arrow
(Show the previous page). I have set my Macally mouse up to give a
double click. With that, I can go back two pages without giving the
opportunity for the page to refresh itself.

Bill

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From: Salmon Egg on 21 Feb 2010 00:33
In article <hlq84u0933(a)news7.newsguy.com>,
J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote:

> You have go to a lot of trouble to get .EXEs to run on a Mac. If you don't
> do that, they can't run. Period. Just dump 'em in the trash and drive on.

This brings up another problem.

A few years ago. I first received a .exe file that really was a picture.
I am not sure what happens if double clicked on a Mac.

Being concerned, I telephoned my friend who sent it. He assured me that
it was OK and it was.

What do you know about such files? Why is such a format used?

Bill

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From: Jolly Roger on 21 Feb 2010 00:42
In article <SalmonEgg-914B43.18363220022010(a)news60.forteinc.com>,
Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> If new
> Macs use Intel chip sets, is it not possible for machine code snippets
> to do bad things?

No. The machine code in these things will not work universally
regardless of operating system. They aren't written at that low a level.
They have huge dependencies on operating system libraries, so will run
only on Windows.

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From: Jolly Roger on 21 Feb 2010 00:43
In article <SalmonEgg-C8B932.21331920022010(a)news60.forteinc.com>,
Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> In article <hlq84u0933(a)news7.newsguy.com>,
> J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote:
>
> > You have go to a lot of trouble to get .EXEs to run on a Mac. If you don't
> > do that, they can't run. Period. Just dump 'em in the trash and drive on.
>
> This brings up another problem.
>
> A few years ago. I first received a .exe file that really was a picture.
> I am not sure what happens if double clicked on a Mac.
>
> Being concerned, I telephoned my friend who sent it. He assured me that
> it was OK and it was.
>
> What do you know about such files? Why is such a format used?

It was probably a self-extracting archive of some sort. You wouldn't be
out of line to ask him to send it again as a plain ZIP archive.

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From: nospam on 21 Feb 2010 00:55
In article <SalmonEgg-C8B932.21331920022010(a)news60.forteinc.com>,
Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> A few years ago. I first received a .exe file that really was a picture.
> I am not sure what happens if double clicked on a Mac.

nothing. a .exe file can't run on a mac, outside of running within
windows via vmware, boot camp, etc.

the file was probably a self extracting zip, in which case drop it on
stuffit expander and it will unzip.

or, it could be a self playing slide show, in which case, request
something standard.

> Being concerned, I telephoned my friend who sent it. He assured me that
> it was OK and it was.
>
> What do you know about such files? Why is such a format used?

ignorance.
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