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November 26th 09, 11:53 AM
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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 
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November 26th 09, 12:55 PM
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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
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November 26th 09, 01:31 PM
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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. mike That's the virus installing itself. G
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November 26th 09, 03:12 PM
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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.
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November 27th 09, 10:51 AM
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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 ... 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
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November 27th 09, 11:03 AM
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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
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November 27th 09, 12:16 PM
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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&[email protected]}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. -- Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur, Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur.
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