When I download files that contain viruses mostly from Limewire how do they infect my computer when I don't even execute them? :-?
I understand that they would show up in my virus scans just for being there, but how do they execute themselves without me starting them? I ask this because I thought I was reasonably safe scanning all the files I downloaded before I ran them, but I downloaded a virus and prompty deleted it after discovering it, but it kept dumping me to the BSOD after a few minutes of starting Windows.
The problem has since been fixed, but I am curious, and yes I know Limewire and other P2P networks are infested with this sort of stuff.