[Blindtlk] file question

[Nikki]

It's in my downloads folder.

I wasn't sure because I was trying to download "dropbox" and a dialog box 
opened and asked if I wanted to save it. I did. It saved to my downloads 
folder as an exe file. I pressed enter on it, but then it opened another 
dialog box asking me if I want to run the file. I just don't understand. 
Feeling pretty dumb at the moment.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dan Hicks
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 1:02 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] file question

Exe is short for executable. It is a class of files called programs, which 
are written to do something when clicked on. Some are malicious. Never 
opinion an .exe file you receive as an e-mail attachment, unless you know 
what the file will do and who sent it to you.

Dan Hicks

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 24, 2012, at 1:46 PM, "Nikki" <daizies304 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> Can someone please explain to me what an “exe” file is?
>
> It would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks, Nikki
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