ripulikakka but the archive is not extracting properly

The author, publisher and or the main source of the data.

Because the archive is the best way to transport a virus and harder to detect the virus within. I recommend that you should scan the archive before opening, most antivirus program know how to do this.

You can only extract .exe files if they contain a compressed archive (such as an installer or a self-extracting archive). Otherwise, the program likely contains few objects that would make much sense as files.

self-extracting