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Luis Filipe Nassif commented on TIKA-1522:
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The Microsoft documentation at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/ms775147(v=vs.85).aspx
states that IE detects .exe and .dll files as application/x-msdownload.
> Exe being detected as application/x-msdownload
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> Key: TIKA-1522
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TIKA-1522
> Project: Tika
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: mime
> Affects Versions: 1.7
> Reporter: Luis Filipe Nassif
> Priority: Minor
> Attachments: Search.exe
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> If it is ok, *.exe must be included in application/x-msdownload glob pattern
> definitions. If it should be detected as application/x-dosexec, the hierarchy
> between application/x-dosexec, application/x-msdownload and PE based formats
> must be changed.
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