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[QUOTE="Alan J. Flavell, post: 6860385"]
Indeed it would.  We always recommend that zip archives which have
been provided in allegedly self-installing .exe files should not be
allowed to execute themselves - instead one should execute pkunzip or
some equivalent software which knows how to extract the zip archive
without risking an attack by doctored executable software.

That too can be avoided by the above-mentioned strategem, indeed.

I would have presumed that utilities are available also for other
platforms which make the same approach possible?  Am I wrong?

That's still good advice, since it avoids luring users into a
complacent attitude towards running executables.  Maybe they won't
be harmed by any of us, but there are surely enough cases out there
which _will_ harm them, and I would prefer not to be the one who gave
them the idea of taking that risk!

Oh, I see - then my remarks above don't apply in this specific case.
I still think the principle is worth promoting, though.

h t h
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