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Gmail will block you from sending a a password-protected ZIP with anything potentially bad in it, like an EXE, because they can see the individual file headers
by 13of40 5y ago
Gmail will block you from sending a a password-protected ZIP with anything potentially bad in it, like an EXE, because they can see the individual file headers and central directory, like you say. Unfortunately, if you have a ZIP inside a passworded ZIP it also gets considered dangerous and blocked.
- josephcsible 5y agoHere's a workaround: rename the .exe file to a .txt file, then put that in a password-protected zip file. Now braindead security scanners have no choice but to believe that it really is a text file.