PelicanPete
Programmer
We have a website which offers download of our demo program, and sample charts and maps ( Recently we have been getting emails that our downloads have viruses. We have checked all the downloads, and our ISP has checked them. All checks have come up clean. Our theory is that the latest IE pops up a virus warning message box when it encounters an executable file (.exe).
Since we don't use IE, we would be curious to know if anyone can confirm our hypothesis, and if there are some words of consolation we can offer to these people that get the warning (they seem to get scared and issue hostile words at us, but we know it is not our software).
All the downloads are self extracting zip files with the .exe extension. You may suggest that we make all the downloads .zip instead. We tried that in 1994, and we were deluged with questions about what is a zip file, and what do you do with it? (we spend most of our time jumping through hoops in reference to other's software). So we elected to pack them in a self-extracting zip file (.exe).
Is the mass populace ready to handle a zip file without a million questions?
Thanks for your patience; one other thing: the files that were uploaded years ago are the ones to trigger the virus warnings. The files we uploaded recently do not trigger the warning. The mysterious thing about this situation is that all the files were made with the same copy of the PKzip self-extractor utility.
Any words of enlightenment into this tangled web would be much appreciated.
Regards
Pete Palmer / Karen Ward
Global Navigation Software Co.
Since we don't use IE, we would be curious to know if anyone can confirm our hypothesis, and if there are some words of consolation we can offer to these people that get the warning (they seem to get scared and issue hostile words at us, but we know it is not our software).
All the downloads are self extracting zip files with the .exe extension. You may suggest that we make all the downloads .zip instead. We tried that in 1994, and we were deluged with questions about what is a zip file, and what do you do with it? (we spend most of our time jumping through hoops in reference to other's software). So we elected to pack them in a self-extracting zip file (.exe).
Is the mass populace ready to handle a zip file without a million questions?
Thanks for your patience; one other thing: the files that were uploaded years ago are the ones to trigger the virus warnings. The files we uploaded recently do not trigger the warning. The mysterious thing about this situation is that all the files were made with the same copy of the PKzip self-extractor utility.
Any words of enlightenment into this tangled web would be much appreciated.
Regards
Pete Palmer / Karen Ward
Global Navigation Software Co.