Stuffit expanding OS X zip files to exe?

why is stuffit expanding zip files of macintosh software to windows .exe that quicktime tries to open and does not recognise?
any fixes?
thanks

Are these files you are downloading? If so, I would guess you are not downloading the Mac versions of the files. Stuffit just expands files it doesn't create them so if they are .exe files that it is unzipping then check the version of the file. Almost all Mac files are either .sit or .dmg files. Very very few mac files are zipped and none are .exe files

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