Tag: Zone Identifier

  • What is an ADS (Alternate Data Stream)

    What is an ADS (Alternate Data Stream)

    Alternate Data Streams (ADS) are part of the NTFS file system in Windows operating systems. They are not included in the FAT and FAT32 file systems. ADSs were originally included in NTFS to provide compatibility with the Macintosh File System. What is an ADS? Every file has a primary data stream called :$DATA. This stream…