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> If there were an executable bit, exe’s from strange places wouldn’t just run without being granted permission. If the file is downloaded with IE/Edge and com
by nullindividual 3y ago
> If there were an executable bit, exe’s from strange places wouldn’t just run without being granted permission.
If the file is downloaded with IE/Edge and comes from the Internet zone, there is an ADS written (Zone.Identifier) which flags the executable to prevent it from being executed. The user needs to manually unblock the file.
- cobbal 3y agoFirefox too, and they show up as annoying extra files with weird unicode names if you download directly to a WSL drive.
- nullindividual 3y agoWhich makes sense as this is an NTFS Alternate Data Stream; so much like the resource forks of MacOS Classic, you'll see ADS files as separate on file systems which don't understand the structure.