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An example of ADS usage by the applications is when a small ADS is added by the Internet Explorer and other Internet browsers to mark files that have been downloaded from the Internet.
Because downloaded content may be unsafe to run locally, the local OS shell will ask the user for a confirmation before opening downloaded files.
The user can open the properties dialog and drop the warning flag -- the result is that ADS attribute is simply removed from the MFT entry.
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