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[ot] .exe in URLs was Thameslink 2000
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Marratxi wrote:
"John" wrote in message ... I went to their online website for planning applications http://194.168.41.26/cgi-bin/acolnetcgi.exe Thanks, John, I got that far too but there is no way that I will open files with the exe extension !! You wouldn't have been - going to that URL doesn't download an exe file to you, it runs an exe file on the webserver, then sends you the results; it's perfectly safe [1]. It's true that you can't always tell in advance whether a URL leads to something that downloads or something that runs on the server, but "cgi" in the URL is a dead giveaway that it's a runner rather than a downloader [2]. If it does turn out to be a downloader, you should get a dialogue box asking what to do with it, in which case you can just get rid of it. tom [1] Well, as safe as opening any other web page. [2] Yes, a villain could set up a downloading .exe which looked like a server-side one, but then they could set one up which looked like anything, including a normal web page too. -- The revolving disc of plagues is particularly fun. -- greengolux |
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