ot: getting a "coff"

From: Ron Hudson <ron.hudson_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed Dec 1 10:20:32 2004

Several of the programs I try to run on my "classic dos" machine give
the error message:

<filepath\filename>:not coff (check for viruses)

I don't yet have a virus scanner, but these files were downloaded from
trusted sources
I don't think I have a virus. What is this error message?
Received on Wed Dec 01 2004 - 10:20:32 GMT

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