executable file in English

file which contains a program which may be run, file which can be activated

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1. It was very infectious: if the virus was active in memory, opening or just copying an executable file was sufficient to infect it.

2. The analysts also discovered the executable file which was used to gain root access on the machines, which was protected and obfuscated with Burneye.

3. In Microsoft Windows, software that relies on Windows Side-by-Side (WinSxS) needs an application manifest, which is an XML document that is either embedded in an executable file or contained in a separate XML file that accompanies it.