Harmful Files

[Robert the Bruce]

I'm trying to download a couple of programs called 'Mixmeister' and 'Pro Traktor 2' which are music making programs.

I downloaded 4 of each from different torrent sites and once downloaded I encountered the same problem with each and every one.

Whenever I tried to open the file (in order to install the program) I received from utorrent the same security warning each time.

Utorrent tells me that the file is potentially harmful to my computer but even if I click on 'Cancel' it opens anyway and that is when Comodo kicks in with a warning.

I get the feeling that these programs/files are not harmful at all and that utorrent and Comodo just 'think' they could be harmful.

Other kinds of downloads are fine, movies etc.

Anyone any thoughts on this ?

One other thing, whenever I click on 'minimize' (when utorrent is running) I'm left with the utorrent icon on my taskbar. I should be able to click on hide/show utorrent to bring it back up but it doesn't work. I have to 'exit' then re-open. Why ?

[Andreasvb]

It's only because it's an executable file (.exe), µTorrent warns when trying to open those, regardless what they contain.

[Robert the Bruce]

OK, so what is an executable file (.exe) and why does utorrent warn me ? So, are they safe to open and install ?

[Andreasvb]

All programs that you can execute (run/open) are.

The keyword here is potentially, in the warning.

To be strict, only files from official sources are safe.

[Robert the Bruce]

OK thanks. I guess I did the right thing then, in not opening and installing.

[Andreasvb]

There's no guarantee that they are clean, as they're not legal files.

You're on your own, but great to have an antivirus running just in case.