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Re: AW: Virus



On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:19:20 +0000, teddieeb wrote:

> Boblitz John Said;
> 
> 
> Setup.exe?  Is that really a Debian file?
> 
> ----
> 
> I thought, but wasn't sure, so didn't want to say, that no Debian boot
> CD would contain an .exe file.  As these are a Microsoft Windows Format
> and by and by Linux as an Operating System only acknowledges their
> existence by defualt and offers non-native support via APIs such as
> WINE...

An ".exe" file is not that uncommon in many of today's LiveCD or USB boot 
media. It's usually used to boot the installer directly from DOS.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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