exe files

could anyone please tell me why, when u spend ages downloading a fil
off say ares which you know is an exe file, when you open the file yo
see the dos box pop up for about 1 second then disappear and th
programme hasnt installed at all. this is doing my head in so please ge
me on and i will love you for ever lol.

mike :mad

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mikeinhull wrote:
> could anyone please tell me why, when u spend ages downloading a file
> off say ares which you know is an exe file, when you open the file you
> see the dos box pop up for about 1 second then disappear and the
> programme hasnt installed at all. this is doing my head in so please
> get me on and i will love you for ever lol.

Typical behaviour for a virus or trojan download.

Tim

mikeinhull wrote:
> could anyone please tell me why, when u spend ages downloading a file
> off say ares which you know is an exe file, when you open the file you
> see the dos box pop up for about 1 second then disappear and the
> programme hasnt installed at all. this is doing my head in so please get
> me on and i will love you for ever lol.
>
> mike
>
>
That's the virus installing itself.

G

On 26 Nov 2009, mikeinhull
<> wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:

> could anyone please tell me why, when u spend ages downloading a
> file off say ares which you know is an exe file, when you open the
> file you see the dos box pop up for about 1 second then disappear
> and the programme hasnt installed at all. this is doing my head in
> so please get me on and i will love you for
> ever lol.

Because 1 second is all the time needed for the virus to install
itself.

Em Quinta 26 Novembro 2009 20:05, Stan Starinski escreveu:

> you're performing illegal activity, fashionable with Europeans and a way
> of life in Asia.
> In plain Engliush you STEAL SOFTWARE.
>
> Stop being a thief, pay at leats for some of it or stripped down versionns
> if you cannot afford.
> The amount of time you waste on cleaning after virus, not to mention
> catastrophic dataloss, is bette rbe spend on looking for a job to earn
> money and then pay for some software, dear bloke.

Right! Legal software can't be infected

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Ballmer

You probably need elevated privileges to run the .exe. Its best to save the
file then run it from the folder you saved it in.

"mikeinhull" <> wrote in
message news:...
>
> could anyone please tell me why, when u spend ages downloading a file
> off say ares which you know is an exe file, when you open the file you
> see the dos box pop up for about 1 second then disappear and the
> programme hasnt installed at all. this is doing my head in so please get
> me on and i will love you for ever lol.
>
> mike
>
>
> --
> mikeinhull
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

Gary Mount wrote:
> You probably need elevated privileges to run the .exe. Its best to
> save the file then run it from the folder you saved it in.

My money is still on it being a virus. ;-)

Tim

Em Sexta 27 Novembro 2009 13:16, Death escreveu:

> Sthief Ballmer wrote:
>
>> Em Sexta 27 Novembro 2009 12:03, Tim escreveu:
>>
>>> Gary Mount wrote:
>>>> You probably need elevated privileges to run the .exe. Its best to
>>>> save the file then run it from the folder you saved it in.
>>>
>>> My money is still on it being a virus. ;-)
>>>
>>> Tim
>> and doesn't it would run better with elevated privileges?
>>
>
> Speaking of a thief ... that's a nice X-Face you stole.
>
> X-Face: "/6m>=uJ8[yh+S{nuW'%UG"H-:QZ$'XRk^sOJ/XE{d/7^|mGK<-"*e>]JDh/b
> [aqj)MSsV`X1*pA~Uk8C:el[*2TT]O/eVz!
(BQ8fp9aZ&RM=Ym&8@.dGBW}KDT]MtT"<
> e(`rn*-w$3tF&:%]KHf"{~`X*i]=gqAi,ScRRkbv&U;7Aw4WvC
> X-Face-Author: David Bonde
> If you want to use it please also use this Authorline.
>
**** you, this face is freely avaiable

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Ballmer

Em Sexta 27 Novembro 2009 14:11, Death escreveu:

> Sthief Ballmer wrote:
>
>> Em Sexta 27 Novembro 2009 13:16, Death escreveu:
>>
>>> Sthief Ballmer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Em Sexta 27 Novembro 2009 12:03, Tim escreveu:
>>>>
>>>>> Gary Mount wrote:
>>>>>> You probably need elevated privileges to run the .exe. Its best to
>>>>>> save the file then run it from the folder you saved it in.
>>>>>
>>>>> My money is still on it being a virus. ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Tim
>>>> and doesn't it would run better with elevated privileges?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Speaking of a thief ... that's a nice X-Face you stole.
>>>
>>> X-Face: "/6m>=uJ8[yh+S{nuW'%UG"H-:QZ$'XRk^sOJ/XE{d/7^|mGK<-"*e>]JDh/b
>>> [aqj)MSsV`X1*pA~Uk8C:el[*2TT]O/eVz!
>> (BQ8fp9aZ&RM=Ym&8@.dGBW}KDT]MtT"<
>>> e(`rn*-w$3tF&:%]KHf"{~`X*i]=gqAi,ScRRkbv&U;7Aw4WvC
>>> X-Face-Author: David Bonde
>>> If you want to use it please also use this Authorline.
>>>
>> **** you, this face is freely avaiable
>>
>
> Yes, thieves say that.
> Include the X-Face-Author line.
> You didn't make it, you copy paste idiot.
>
**** you moron.
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Ballmer