John_Ha wrote:robleyd wrote:Off topic:
the download file web address ended with .php which is always a caution
I disagree strongly with this comment and as a former php developer would be interested to hear your reasons for so saying.
I thought .php meant that the web page could run a program which could be a security threat to your PC. AM I wrong?

In theory that is correct, but no problem unless your computer has a php interpreter installed.
Php is a programming language. Programs usually run on web servers, and the result of the run is what you receive as a web page. Sometimes a website is miscunfigured, there is a glitch in server software/communication, or directives inside the php file are not properly set up. Then you may get the php file itself (which is program source code, often mixed with html), some command/fragment of the programming or perhaps the actual content you tried to download, but labeled as "php". Actual php programming is rarely, if ever, used to code malware for personal computers. (The php label may be a cloak, though. See below...)
Windows does not contain a php interpreter, so you would have to install one to run php code locally. AFAIK, most linux and BSD distributions (including Apple OS-X) have php installed by default.
When you click on links to malicious content, you may get a file with a php "dummy extension". The actual filename will then be something like "somethinguseful.php.exe". The actual extension (exe in this case) is by default hidden in modern versions of desktop operating systems, so you only see "somethinguseful.php". This "cloaking by default" may lead to problems when users aren't aware.