Microsoft Windows Found That This File Is Potentially Harmful

Microsoft Windows Found That This File Is Potentially Harmful

This article show you how to resolve the following Microsoft Windows Security Warning.

Windows found that this file is potentially harmful. To help protect your computer, Windows has blocked access to this file.

This warning is normally encountered when you download a file online (through the world wide web) and try to unzip a file.

Xybernetics Windows Server 2019 To help protect your computer, Windows has blocked access to this file

To resolve this, right-click on the file that you are trying to execute and select the “Properties” from the context menu.

Xybernetics Microsoft Windows Context Menu Right-Click Properties

And remove the check from the “Unblock”.

Xybernetics Microsoft Windows Properties Unblock Check box

Once you hit “Apply” button, the Properties pop up window should look like this. Click on “Ok” button to close the popup window.

Xybernetics Microsoft Windows After Unblock is Checked

Try running the executable or unzip file again, and it should not give you the Windows Security Warning message.

I hope this short reference will help you.