.exe Files as Attachment in Gmail - How To ??
Gmail is being used by more and more people nowadays , but it has a limitation it does not allow exe files to be sent as an attachment but here is the solution to this problem
The other day, I wanted send across a .exe file to a friend of mine, and figured there was no way to send it directly. As part of security measure, GMail does not allow you to send or receive any executables.
In fact, none of the the files ending with “exe, dll, ocx, bat, zip, tar, tgz, taz, z, gz” can get though the Gmail Virus - scanner. Here are some simple ways you can work around this problem:
1) Rename the extension of the exe files to some .jpeg, .bmp or .txt. For example, if the file you want to send is “example.exe or example.bat“, rename the file as “example.jpeg or example.bmp” and send it over. Do not forget to notify the receivers to change the extension back to the original file extension.
2) Another simpler solution is to create self-extracting RAR archive containing your executable file and attach it to your Gmail . Ironically, Gmail doesn’t scan RAR archives for the contents. You can use Winrar for creating RAR archives.
If you do not have Winrar, you can download it for free from here.
