Do not preserve zone information in file attachments

If you donor configure this policy setting, Windows marks file attachments with their zone information. If the registry Value Name below does not exist, this is not a finding. At least one of the objects listed below must exist on the system Existence check Other : Variable External Variable:oval:gov. XP:var Donotpreservezoneinformation in file attachments By using this site you accept that you know that these data are provided as is and not guaranteed to be accurate, correct or complete.

All trademarks appearing on this site are the property of their respective owners in the US or other countries. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. This policy setting allows you to manage whether users can manually remove the zone information from saved file attachments by clicking the Unblock button in the file's property sheet or by using a checkbox in the security warning dialog.

My hosts file has been encrypted with some different IP addresses which inevitably redirect me to some websites. I have tried to open my hosts file through notepad as administrator, then take out the bad IP addresses and when I try to save I get access denied.

Running Diskeeper12, which I think I need to reload because it shows a lot of fragmentation when I check it and need to do a manual defray to clean it up. How to Disable Downloaded Files from being Blocked in Windows The Attachment Manager is included in Windows to help protect your PC from unsafe attachments that you might receive with an e-mail message and from unsafe files that you might save from the Internet.

When one of these applications saves a downloaded file on a disk formatted with NTFS, then it updates the metadata for the file with the zone it was downloaded from. You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable downloaded files from being blocked. This will not affect blocked files that have already been downloaded before setting this policy. Removing the zone information allows users to open potentially dangerous file attachments that Windows has blocked users from opening.

This policy setting allows you to manage the behavior for notifying registered antivirus programs. If multiple programs are registered, they will all be notified.

If the registered antivirus program already performs on-access checks or scans files as they arrive on the computer's email server, additional calls would be redundant.

If you enable this policy setting, Windows tells the registered antivirus program to scan the file when a user opens a file attachment.

If the antivirus program fails, the attachment is blocked from being opened. If you disable this policy setting, Windows does not call the registered antivirus programs when file attachments are opened. If you do not configure this policy setting, Windows does not call the registered antivirus programs when file attachments are opened. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info.

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