OregonTrail.exe

[Wraithlord]

So, oregontrail.exe suddenly appeared on my desktop last night, it wasnt there when I started a wh40k dawn of war, but when I quit to my desktop there it is, oregontrail.exe with a pioneer wagon icon. It could be a strange virus, or...somehow..oregon trail the game, so, do you think I should open it just for kicks? I don't have a problem with reformating...

[martyr]

spyware.

:google:

edit:

i can't confirm spyware or virus, but i suspect that's what it is. if you want to test it, document it VERY carefully (as well as the damages), and submit it to your favorite virus lab before reformatting.

[Setari]

if you dont have a problem with reformatting then by all means try it and see.
edit: if its spyware dont bother.

[JetRaiden]

click it, take pics, host n' post.

you know the rules.

[AztecWarrior]

Opening a strange .exe on your desktop is like pulling the pin out of a grenade to look inside the hole.

Ask anyone who uses the PC if they've downloaded anything.

[martyr]

Opening a strange .exe on your desktop is like pulling the pin out of a grenade to look inside the hole.

Ask anyone who uses the PC if they've downloaded anything.


imo, it's lifting the spoon on the grenade to see what's under it.

[MrShooter]

imo, it's lifting the spoon on the grenade to see what's under it.

I think its like stepping in an old minefield to see if the mines still work.

Because its usually a trojan/virus/spyware, but sometimes just a harmless genuine file.

Err...dont open it! :doh:

[Darksim]

open it! it could be the game, either that or its a virus, but if its a virus then you were in trouble anyways!

[JetRaiden]

cant you scan it? :doh:

[SniperDude]

Indeed, random, unwarrented *.exe files that make their way to you desktop can never be good.

[ObnoxiousFrog]

the Conestoga wagon is a rip-off.

[Triggar]

Why would it be the game? Don't you think virus creators think of things like that - "well, if we call it 'oregon trail', some knob could think it's the game, open it and run it, thereby infecting his whole machine"?

Don't run it unless you want flames and excitement. Remove it post haste!

[Black]

Its not the game i looked everywhere within the DoW file and didnt find it

[Zodiac]

cough. never mind

[Red October]

1) Does anyone else have acces to your comp? Ask them if they downloaded it.

2) If no, then scan the puppy.

3) Do a google search on it and try to discover info on it.

4) If its a bad thing, kill it. If no info, kill it. If its a nothing, kill it anyway.

[martyr]

ok, here's my tech perspective on it: right-click the shortcut and hit properties. find the .exe file itself, see what it's in, and see if it has any supporting files around it.

[JetRaiden]

put the file on another machine on your network and open it. preferably an expendible one. :D

[martyr]

put the file on another machine on your network and open it. preferably an expendible one.

fixed

[Baneblade]

Yeah, same network is as good as the same machine.

[Dharkbayne]

Delete it, and if you want to play oregon trail so bad, just warez it.

[Triggar]

The game came out in 198whoknows, you probably wouldn't even have to warez it.

However it is my duty as a blue name to say warez = BAN!

[JetRaiden]

Delete it, and if you want to play oregon trail so bad, just warez it.

:lol: dude, oregon trail is freeware now anyway.

[ViperGTS]

:lol: dude, oregon trail is freeware now anyway.
OMFG Link!?!?!!?

[ObnoxiousFrog]

Besides, it's really hard to hit a rabbit with the pistol.

[JetRaiden]

OMFG Link!?!?!!?
its gotta be around somewhere. the first Oregon Trail came out in like 1994

[StrangeFellow]

oregon trail disk image and appleII emu (http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/otrail.shtml)

[JetRaiden]

jesus I forgot how shitty it looks...I better get Oregon trail 2 or 3.


http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/ot2.gif

:rofl: the single best thing about this game was the ability to name your characters

[Hamma]

I rememember playing that on a Mac LCII

[SDM]

This thread sux :head a splod:

[Mango]

Asshat has died of Typhoid Fever :rofl:

[Wraithlord]

its actually the game...what the hell...how did it get on my computer!? :scared:

ss's

http://img47.exs.cx/img47/4664/hehe6.jpg


http://img15.exs.cx/img15/5810/hezzydie.jpg

http://img6.exs.cx/img6/2914/owned37.jpg

SDM also had typhoid fever, but I got bored before he could die

I still want to know how the hell it got on my computer...

[AztecWarrior]

Where do you get it?

[Wraithlord]

I DON'T KNOW, it just fucking appeared on my computer after I was done playing WARHAMMER D.O.W.

[MrShooter]

its actually the game...what the hell...how did it get on my computer!? :scared:



A hacker is putting old games on your computer to make you paranoied.

[ViperGTS]

I wan oregon trail deathmmeatch!

[JetRaiden]

I wan oregon trail deathmmeatch!

I agree! but with better spelling!

[StrangeFellow]

Where do you get it?
try my post a page ago

[Glaynor]

Opening a strange .exe on your desktop is like pulling the pin out of a grenade to look inside the hole.


Rofl - perfect reply

You always seem to give out the best one liners. Triggar, however, is a real close second.

[Triggar]

:love:

[Baneblade]

Hey I give great one liners... :(

[Darksim]

send me oregon traill!!

[Hamma]

Opening a strange .exe on your desktop is like pulling the pin out of a grenade to look inside the hole.

Ask anyone who uses the PC if they've downloaded anything.
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: