Within the Windows ecosystem, we have at our disposal three types of executable files: .COM, .EXE and .BAT. The former are related to system files exclusively. The second are the executable files of any application that we want to install or run on our computer, while the third, .BAT, are a series of instructions that we can order the computer to do when we run it.
The .EXE files have generally always been the ones we use to transmit viruses, malware and others, Therefore, as a general rule, if they reach us through email, they most likely end up in the SPAM folder, although sometimes, and due to the risk involved, they never reach us because our mail server takes care of deleting them.
While it is true that the best way to share files or applications avoiding this problem is through an application that is responsible for compressing files in ZIP format, a compressor natively integrated in Windows 10, not always an option, especially on older computers, where there is no application that is responsible for compressing and decompressing files.
In these cases, we can use a simple application called FUPX, an application that is responsible for compressing a file or folder into an .EXE file, so that in order to open it or install it on another computer, we just have to run it so that it processes to unzip and we can start interacting with it.
FUPX allows us to set the compression level What we want. In addition, it allows us to analyze the content of the files that we are going to compress to make sure that they do not have any type of virus. In addition, it allows us to work in batches, which will surely save us a great deal of time, if we are forced to perform this task repeatedly with many files.
FUPX is available in Portable version or version to install in our team. It works on all Windows computers from version XP and is compatible with the 32-bit version installed. If you want to use it, you can go through this link.