b0bm00re Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 More and more of the downloads in the Texts section of on my favorite public domain site, archive.org, are only available as EXE files.I understand many of these have been created by torrent2exe, which makes downloading easier for those without BitTorrent installed.I am cautious about downloading and running EXE files, because of the possible risks of malware and virus. How do others view these risks? I have BitTorrent Plus installed. Does this provide me any protection?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theossman Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 I downloaded the free Bit Torrent but was greeted by a warning about possible damage to my Mac when I went to open the download. I'm running OSX 10.8+ and I have good malware protection. So I wonder if I need to change settings somewhere to get around this. I don't proceed with opening exe files or other downloads when warnings like that arise. Suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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