XAMPP shows eror for .exe from non-local domains.

Question

In FireFox3 when I go to URL's such as:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/A/A/4AA524C6-239D-47FF-860B-5B397199CBF8/windows-kb890830-v2.7.exe

I get a 404 error for the URL locally on my XAMPP installation I use for local development.

It has to do with the .exe I think but I can't figure out why.

Whats the problem?

Object not found!

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ERROR:

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The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster. Error 404 download.microsoft.com 02/12/09 15:47:20 Apache/2.2.8 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.5

Answer 1

Are the xampp services running when the error occurs?

Answer 2

This issue was caused by a root kit.