Are zipped EXE files harmless for Linux servers?

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If they are indeed zipped Windows exe files, they should be harmless to your Linux system, unless you have something like Wine in place that could try to execute them.

But if they are in your web path, they could be malware and pose a big risk for your web sites’ visitors (and you in turn, if you end up being marked as malware source and users get ugly warnings when they try to visit your site).

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