{"id":10799,"date":"2017-12-21T12:30:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T12:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=10799"},"modified":"2017-12-21T14:24:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:24:59","slug":"block-zip-rar-attachments-in-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/block-zip-rar-attachments-in-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Block ZIP\/RAR Attachments in Outlook 2016 – 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is there a way to block ZIP and RAR attachments from being opened or downloaded in MS Outlook? The spam email usually contains a .zip file attachment with virus. In this tutorial we’ll show you a simple way to block ZIP\/RAR attachments in Outlook 2016 ~ 2007.<\/p>\n

How to Block ZIP\/RAR Attachments in Outlook 2016 – 2007?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Press the Windows key + R together to open the Run dialog box, type regedit<\/strong> and press Enter.\n

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  2. In the Registry Editor window, navigate to:
    \nHKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Office\\16.0<\/em>\\Outlook\\Security<\/code><\/p>\n

    \tNote:<\/strong> If you’re using Outlook 2013, 2010 or 2007, the version number appeared in the above registry location should be 15.0, 14.0 or 12.0.<\/li>\n

  3. Right-click the empty space in the right pane, and then select New<\/strong> -> String Value<\/strong>.\n

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  4. Name the new String as Level1Add<\/strong>, and then double-click it to modify. When the Edit String<\/strong> dialog box pops up, enter the file extension of attachment file you want to block, and click OK<\/strong>.\n

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    \tFor example, type .zip;.rar<\/strong> into the Value data box if you want to block all .zip\/.rar attachments.<\/li>\n

  5. Close Registry Editor and restart Outlook application. The next time you receive an email message that contains a zip or rar attachment, you will get the warning saying “Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments<\/em>“.\n

    \"\"\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So this is how you can easily configure Outlook to block ZIP\/RAR attachments. That’s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Is there a way to block ZIP and RAR attachments from being opened or downloaded in MS Outlook? The spam email usually contains a .zip file attachment with virus. In this tutorial we’ll show you a simple way to block ZIP\/RAR attachments in Outlook 2016 ~ 2007. How to Block ZIP\/RAR Attachments in Outlook 2016 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[3649],"class_list":["post-10799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","tag-outlook-2016-block-attachments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10799"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10810,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10799\/revisions\/10810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}