

This meant that if you downloaded an archive from the Internet and extracted it with 7-zip, the Mark-of-the-Web would not propagate to the extracted files, and Windows would not treat the extracted files as risky.įor example, if you downloaded a ZIP file containing a Word document, the ZIP file would have a MoTW, but the extracted Word document would not. 7-zip adds support for Mark-of-the-Webħ-zip is one of the most popular archiving programs in the world, but, until now, it lacked support for Mark-of-the-Web. If you trust the file and its source, you can put a check in the ' Unblock' box and click on the ' Apply' button, which will remove the MoTW from the file.įurthermore, running the file for the first time and allowing it to open will also remove the MoTW, so warnings are not shown in the future. File property indicator for the Mark-of-the-Web
