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Originally Posted by pompousjohn
So install windows in a virtual machine. If it gets a virus delete it. Assuming you're not trolling, it's either a virus or an executable zip file. Usually the former. Last (only) time I opened a .exe "video" file I lost years of work. Never again. So man up and and take your own risks.
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This ^^
I know you're a trusted poster DirtyDanza but no one is going to open a .exe for you. It's very easy for you to set up a VM. You could have had one set up already from the first couple of replies to your thread and have been done with it by now. If you have clients that have Windows files you should have a spare machine or a purchased copy of Windows running in a VM or be dual booting it for instances like this. It's simple to set up and much better than asking people here to test files.
With a VM setup you should be safe as it should basically sandbox anything that is potentially malicious.