Malicious or badly written installation programs can damage your Installing new software is a high-risk activity. It may start a self-installing Wizard, or start up an unpacking utility such as Power Zip. exe is a program and its behaviour cannot be predicted before running, i.e. Power Zip is used in the following example for those who do not already have an unpacking utility on their PCs.Ī file with the extension. zip will need unpacking using an unpacking utility such as Power Zip. To ensure that the individual files are easily identifiable always download softwareīefore installing, all of the files with the extension. To install the software on your PC, the files within these 'containers' need to be Theĭownloadable files will normally have the extension.
Most software available for downloading from the Web is usually contained in one or moreįiles into which all the files necessary to install the software have been packed.
