As far as running or saving the .exe you only have to run it you don't have to save it. This is actually common for online versions of scanners these days from what I have seen Tony. I use Bitdefender online as well as Norton online for alternate scanning to augment WD. (I won't use the full Norton product of course) and they are the same you have to run a small .exe to have access to the scan functionality. Trend Housecall is also the same. You cannot do the free scan without running the scipt tool they provide that activates the basic GUI of the program and allows for the scan itself. My scan did take a while because I chose both the malware/virus scan and also possible incompatible programs etc. As far as the blacked out lines in the boxes you have there not sure, but it might help to know if you have ever seen this type issue before, and what system you are using when you view this site. I mean it could be something like a GPU driver issue or something along those lines. Or, could be a simple browser/OS issue.