If the Unix box does have an ssh server you should be able to use the scp command to copy files from it. I think the easiest way to do this is to install Cygwin on the Windows box. That also gives you the choice of installing Cygwin's ports of ssh/scp, cron and bash... and even perl. In my experience, Cygwin perl seems a bit closer to typical Unix perl than ActivePerl, especially in terms of being able to install CPAN modules and have them work.