Can't download exe files

Hi.
I am living out of a bag so most of the time in the Hotels. I have used this site for many years now and have not had any trouble downloading files. Now i got an issue the the firewall used in the Hotel network dosent allow me to download exe files. Most files i need to use for updates and not only from this site are mostly all in exe type
Is there a way around this or do you have the files also in compressed type as it seam i have no problem with zip or rar files.

Thanks. Finn

 

Is it possible that i just could get a reply from the controlers of this board ?

 

Shot in the dark here,,,, Can you possibly rename the download (prior to the actual download) from EXAMPLE.EXE to EXAMPLE.TXT? Then once downloaded, rename it back to an exe file before running it. ie; On a download confirmation box.

 

Is there a softwaew what can do this ?

 

Using Win7 64 and Firefox 8

 

Hi.

Yes i just remembered i had the hotspot on my iphone and it worked very nice, just by plugging in with USB and using my SIM card provider network. It is however very slow when using the hotspot. I am looking for a program where you can compress any exe files before download or maybe some thing i am doing wrong.
Here is a text i get in the browser when trying a random file. I am using Avira Antivirus 1012.
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High security alert!!!

You are not permitted to download the file "Win7codecs_v325.exe".

URL = files2.majorgeeks.com/files/90667252a0a036041ddc3553799772ef/multimedia/Win7codecs_v325.exe
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Got the file from here and zipped it up to MediaFire.
http://www.mediafire.com/?4r3vpy3it102b5z

Never known a hotel to block .exe downloads?? From the little (5mins) I Googled, educational institutions have manged to prevent this. Not too sure though.

Cheers..

 

No software like that. It begs the question, are you actually trying this from a hotel. :-D

 

I've never known hotels to block any content of any kind with their wireless networking and I've been homeless at one point living in them daily. This just doesn't make sense. Why would a hotel block an executable from downloading unless it had something malicious in it?

 

I don't use Avira but I remember reading about Web Guard blocking some downloads, although that was a while ago.
Does your version of Avira have Web Guard and if it does did you try disabling it? You must be downloading from a reputable source like MajorGeeks when you try this of course