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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 856764" data-attributes="member: 32260">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://textslashplain.com/2016/04/04/downloads-and-the-mark-of-the-web/[/URL]Simply it is information added to the file downloaded from the Internet when using popular web browsers, OneDrive, and some other online services. MOTW can be added to the file only on the NTFS drive (so it is lost on most flash drives, and also on CD/DVD drives, CD/DVD images, Memory Cards). File downloaders, application auto-updates, malware, etc. usually download files without MOTW. Most archivers (but not Windows built-in and Bandizip) do not preserve MOTW.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />Some security solutions like SmartScreen integrated with Explorer and CyberCapture feature in Avast, require MOTW to work properly. The documents with MOTW trigger the Protected View feature in MS Office and Adobe Acrobat Reader.Adding the MOTW before file execution (like in Hard_Configurator and RunBySmartScreen) can force the SmartScreen check also for files stored on flash drives, CD/DVD drives, CD/DVD images, Memory Cards, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 856764, member: 32260"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://textslashplain.com/2016/04/04/downloads-and-the-mark-of-the-web/[/URL] Simply it is information added to the file downloaded from the Internet when using popular web browsers, OneDrive, and some other online services. MOTW can be added to the file only on the NTFS drive (so it is lost on most flash drives, and also on CD/DVD drives, CD/DVD images, Memory Cards). File downloaders, application auto-updates, malware, etc. usually download files without MOTW. Most archivers (but not Windows built-in and Bandizip) do not preserve MOTW.(y) Some security solutions like SmartScreen integrated with Explorer and CyberCapture feature in Avast, require MOTW to work properly. The documents with MOTW trigger the Protected View feature in MS Office and Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adding the MOTW before file execution (like in Hard_Configurator and RunBySmartScreen) can force the SmartScreen check also for files stored on flash drives, CD/DVD drives, CD/DVD images, Memory Cards, etc. [/QUOTE]

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