I have a job which reads files from various organizations across the US.
Most files are submitted using a standard format, but some organizations
refuse to adopt the standards and submit files which are zipped, in excel
format, or just make up their own format. My job opens the files an searches
for identifying keywords which it uses to determine where to store the data.
I can open the zip, excel, CSV and SYLK files ok, but one organization
is sending self-extracting zip files.
There is no way I can justify the risk involved with trying to execute
one of these exe files. Does anyone know how to strip off the self extracting
code, leaving a good old fashioned zip file?
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Thanks,
John Kovacich
Most files are submitted using a standard format, but some organizations
refuse to adopt the standards and submit files which are zipped, in excel
format, or just make up their own format. My job opens the files an searches
for identifying keywords which it uses to determine where to store the data.
I can open the zip, excel, CSV and SYLK files ok, but one organization
is sending self-extracting zip files.
There is no way I can justify the risk involved with trying to execute
one of these exe files. Does anyone know how to strip off the self extracting
code, leaving a good old fashioned zip file?
------------------
Thanks,
John Kovacich
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