I've just downloaded "irfanview-4-22-graphic-viewer-plugins" from http://www.software.com/download/937...viewer-plugins and I notice that the file in my download folder has no extension.
Note that I am on Windows 98SE and therefore I see ALL extensions, hidden files, system files, everything. The file definitely has NO extension. In hexedit I can see that the file type is MZ, so it is probably an .exe. This file has a size of 7,282 KB. I checked a different mirror for the same plugins, and the file offered for download is irfanview_plugins_422_setup.exe. Yet another mirror shows the file size as 5.8 MB.
How do these anomalies arise? It's quite confusing and, given the amount of viral software out there, worrying as well.
Note that I am on Windows 98SE and therefore I see ALL extensions, hidden files, system files, everything. The file definitely has NO extension. In hexedit I can see that the file type is MZ, so it is probably an .exe. This file has a size of 7,282 KB. I checked a different mirror for the same plugins, and the file offered for download is irfanview_plugins_422_setup.exe. Yet another mirror shows the file size as 5.8 MB.
How do these anomalies arise? It's quite confusing and, given the amount of viral software out there, worrying as well.
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