Opening a Self Decrypting Archive (SDA) gives an error "This is not a valid Win32 executable".
When attempting to decrypt PGP SDA larger then 4 GB on the Windows 32 bit platform (i.e. by double-clicking them) the error "This is not a valid Win32 executable" is issued. All other PGP SDA or Windows executables (.exe) files with smaller size can be opened properly.
"This is not a valid Win32 executable"
This is a known limitation on Windows 32bit. The maximum size of a Win32 executable is 4GB.
There is a limitation for the portable executable (PE32) and common object file format (COFF) standard introduced by Microsoft Windows operations system.
You might obtain detailed information about file formats specifications from attached file or from Microsoft Website.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/b/a/eba1050f-a31d-436b-9281-92cdfeae4b45/pecoff.doc
Symantec Corporation is committed to product quality and satisfied customers. This issue is currently being considered by Symantec Corporation to be addressed in a forthcoming version or Maintenance Pack of the product. Please be sure to refer back to this document periodically as any changes to the status of the issue will be reflected here.
The following is a known temporary workaround for the issue until the version/maintenance pack is released:
Applies To
Windows 32 bit using PGP Desktop / Symantec Encryption Desktop or PGP Command Line with large PGP SDA files > 4GB.