Not able to download Zip file from gmail which contains executable Jar in it

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I have an email almost 4 years ago, which has Zip file in attachments containing executable jar file. I want to download that file. But, nowadays gmail doesn't allow to send or receive any executable file. Can anybody help me how can I download that zip from from my email?

score 137 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 14 '17 at 15:19

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Proceed at your own risk !!!!

Open the email in your browser
Go to the arrow next to the reply button, and press show original
When the new TAB is opened simply click on "Download original" and rename the file to email.eml!
Now you can open that eml file with almost any email client (Outlook, thunderbird .... )

edited Dec 14 '17 at 15:19

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answered Apr 05 '16 at 10:01

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While blocked files are usually safe, consider uploading any dubious file to virustotal or some other service. – Balmipour Mar 03 '17 at 17:19
agreed! can I update the response to include that note ? – Younes Regaieg Mar 03 '17 at 20:29
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Step 3 won't work, but you can simply click on `Download Original` and change the extension to .eml – ilias May 21 '17 at 09:43
this works. seems like it should be easier; my 10-year old email accounts have various zip files that are needed randomly. I appreciate getting a warning, but I don't appreciate being prevented from downloading it. – jared Apr 26 '18 at 01:35
@YounesRegaieg hahah i'll send an email to help@google.com and get it fixed asap! :) thanks again for the workaround! – jared Jul 18 '18 at 21:13
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Alternative to step 4: Remove the text around the base64 data in the eml file, save to `file.b64`, then `base64 --decode -i file.b64 -o file` – Victor Basso Feb 08 '19 at 14:03

Alexandre Barfuhok · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-13T13:01:17.110

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The easiest solution would be this one, it takes 30 seconds to do. Simply open your web inspector and delete the display:none property for the google drive button. The button will then appears and you will be able to download your file in your Google Drive. From your Google Drive, you will be able to download your file on your computer.

Cheers

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answered Mar 06 '16 at 21:41

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In Gmail you can click Show Original and then Download Original. Once downloaded, rename the .txt file to .eml and open with a local mail client. From there, you can drag the attachment out of the email. – Chad Johnson Jun 27 '17 at 02:04
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I found a very well explained and 100% working solution for this problem in one of the website: https://www.solutionspirit.com/download-gmail-blocked-attachments – Shujat Munawar Sep 07 '18 at 23:33

score 27 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 03 '16 at 11:27

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Step 1. Click on Show original option as shown in the image. Clicking this option opens a new tab with the original, MIME encoded message.

Step 2. Wait for the complete page to load. This might take a long time depending on the size of the attachment and your internet speed. Once the page has loaded completely, copy the content and paste to notepad. Save as 0.txt(any name you can choose).

Step 3. Now rename file 0.txt to 0.eml

Step 4. open the file in Outlook or any email client. you will see the email with attachment.

This way worked for me.

answered Jun 03 '16 at 11:27

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Isn't that a replication of my answer ? – Younes Regaieg Jun 24 '16 at 08:00
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Is your answer has more detailed steps with screenshot? – Ashwin Patil Jun 25 '16 at 09:39

Carlos Toledo · Answer 4 · 2017-11-20T17:21:09.480

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You can download it from the Android Gmail or Inbox app. Then you can put it in drive if you like to access it anywhere.

edited Nov 20 '17 at 17:21

answered Jun 22 '17 at 19:21

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Works in Inbox for Android as well. Great! – qwertzguy Nov 20 '17 at 02:14
I tried Gmail on Android again an is working fine. What's the error or problem? – Carlos Toledo Mar 26 '18 at 21:04

score 11 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 09 '15 at 12:08

1. Download and install python 3.4 (https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-343/)

2. Open up the mail that has the blocked attachment. Click on the arrow button next to reply and select show original

3. Wait for the complete page to load. This might take a long time depending on the size of the attachment and your internet speed. Once the page has loaded completely, save it. The filename will be 0.txt. Save it in a directory which does not have any other text file.

4. Open python and copy the following code. Save it to the same directory as 0.txt. Run the program by double-clicking on the saved .py file.

# Get your files that Gmail block. Warning message:
# "Anti-virus warning - 1 attachment contains a virus or blocked file. Downloading this attachment is disabled."
# Based on: http://spapas.github.io/2014/10/23/retrieve-gmail-blocked-attachments/
# Go to your emails, click the arrow button in the top right, "Show original", save to the same directory as this script.

import email
import sys
import os

if __name__ == '__main__':
  if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    print("Press enter to process all files with .txt extension.")
    input()
    files = [ f for f in os.listdir('.') if os.path.isfile(f) and f.endswith('.txt') ]
else:
  files = sys.argv[1:]

print("Files: %s" % ', '.join(files))
print()

for f in files:
  msg = email.message_from_file(open(f))
  print("Processing %s" % f)
  print("Subject: %s" % msg['Subject'])
  for pl in msg.get_payload():
    fn = pl.get_filename()
    if fn:
      print("Found %s" % fn)
      if os.path.isfile(fn):
        print("The file %s already exists! Press enter to overwrite." % fn)
        input()
      open(fn, 'wb').write(pl.get_payload(decode=True))
  print()

You should see your attachment downloaded to the same directory after some time.

Source- https://gist.github.com/stefansundin/a99bbfb6cda873d14fd2

Should run: `python .py .eml` Wow, the only solution work for me. — khue bui, Mar 07 '19 at 16:08

score 10 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 16 '17 at 14:05

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Open the gmail email in your browser
Go to the arrow next to the reply button, and press show original
download original and save it with extension .eml
open it in oulook

answered Mar 16 '17 at 14:05

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score 7 · Answer 7 · answered Nov 20 '15 at 15:26

Or if you are PHP programmer get mail source via mail menu option "Show original" copy file attachment base64 string save to file for example test.b64 and:

file_put_contents ('test.rar',base64_decode(file_get_contents('test.b64')));

Saves regular attachment file in test.rar

score 5 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 20 '16 at 14:50

If you are using a smart phone, simply open the email, save the attachment, connect your smartphone to your computer, open the Download folder in your smartphone by using windows explorer and copy the file to your desktop.

Or, you could also forward this email from your smartphone to another email address and download it from there.

score 4 · Answer 9 · answered Jan 31 '18 at 22:18

No need to struggle a lot. I struggled a lot in my browser, YouTube tutorials and some articles but finally my own idea worked.

I was trying to download sriyog_com.rar file which was blocked by gmail.

file blocked by gmail

THE BEST WAY :

Open the email which contains that blocked file in Mobile Application. The save to Google Drive icon will appear Mobile Phone Screenshot Save the file in Google Drive File ready to download Now the file is ready to download.

Note : Its time saving rather than eml files and other long scripting.

Thanks

score 3 · Answer 10 · answered Jun 13 '17 at 17:05

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if you have smartphone, the easiest way is to open the gmail in gmail app and save the file to google drive(in gmail app save to google drive is active). go back to computer and open google drive and download the desire file.

answered Jun 13 '17 at 17:05

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score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Mar 14 '17 at 16:25

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Connect your gmail on one of the mail clients like Polymail, fetch your emails, download whatever you want :)

answered Mar 14 '17 at 16:25

Al-Mutaz Bellah Ahmad Salahat

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Shahadat Hossain · Answer 12 · 2019-05-14T06:35:15.310

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Open mail from Android

--> Go to the specific mail
--> You will find a download option 
--> Download the ***.zip/***.rar file 
--> Upload it to the google drive 
--> Now download it or use USB cable to transfer data to your computer.

It's working for me.

Thanks

edited May 14 '19 at 06:35

answered Jan 13 '18 at 05:33

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score 1 · Answer 13 · answered Sep 29 '18 at 07:25

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http://www.barfuhok.com/how-to-download-a-file-with-anti-virus-warning-on-gmail/

It worked for me the method 1 "Method 1: Save email and open it in Outlook"

After downloaded the original message I changed the downloaded file to .eml

Eg: original_msg.eml

In order to open the message with other email clients file must be in ".eml" format.

Then I opened the file in thenderbird, which is a popular free email client.

Now I can able to download files.

Thats it.

Hope it helps.

answered Sep 29 '18 at 07:25

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Adiyya much obliged in 2020 using Thunderbird with Ubuntu 20.04 still fine way to retrieve a bunch of music codecs I stuck there in Feb 2010 and just needed to retrieve long after Gmail changed their rules whenever that was; that they do not allow to send it anymore fair dues but to download your own seems a little extreme ... so thank you – shantiq Jul 30 '20 at 17:12

score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Jan 22 '20 at 10:15

Five Steps to Solve Virus Blocked or Executable Files from Gmail.

Select Show Original
Download Original
Web Search eml reader online or you can visit
upload the downloaded eml file (from point 2).
you should be able to view and download the blocked attachments.

Online EML Reader Show Original Download Original

score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Nov 03 '17 at 17:46

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The best way I found out was to download the attachment or add it to your drive via Gmail app. It works fine.

answered Nov 03 '17 at 17:46

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score 0 · Answer 16 · edited Feb 03 '19 at 15:54

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Workaround : Simply access the same mail via gmail android app.. u can download it . no issues.

edited Feb 03 '19 at 15:54

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answered Dec 10 '17 at 03:20

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score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Mar 20 '18 at 01:24

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Accessing the file via any email client that uses IMAP (maybe also POP) will allow downloading of the file.

answered Mar 20 '18 at 01:24

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score -2 · Answer 18 · answered Sep 17 '17 at 15:14

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Just click forward the email and then click on the composed email attachment

your file will get downloaded

answered Sep 17 '17 at 15:14

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