diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.cpp
index 61987b92f..cb548a3ad 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <libtorrent/info_hash.hpp>
 #endif
 
+#include <QtSystemDetection>
 #include <QByteArray>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QPointer>
@@ -67,6 +68,10 @@
 #include "peerinfo.h"
 #include "sessionimpl.h"
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+#include "base/utils/misc.h"
+#endif
+
 using namespace BitTorrent;
 
 namespace
@@ -2193,10 +2198,20 @@ void TorrentImpl::handleFileCompletedAlert(const lt::file_completed_alert *p)
 
     m_completedFiles.setBit(fileIndex);
 
+    const Path actualPath = actualFilePath(fileIndex);
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    // only apply Mark-of-the-Web to new download files
+    if (isDownloading())
+    {
+        const Path fullpath = actualStorageLocation() / actualPath;
+        Utils::Misc::applyMarkOfTheWeb(fullpath);
+    }
+#endif
+
     if (m_session->isAppendExtensionEnabled())
     {
         const Path path = filePath(fileIndex);
-        const Path actualPath = actualFilePath(fileIndex);
         if (actualPath != path)
         {
             qDebug("Renaming %s to %s", qUtf8Printable(actualPath.toString()), qUtf8Printable(path.toString()));
@@ -2331,7 +2346,7 @@ void TorrentImpl::adjustStorageLocation()
         moveStorage(targetPath, MoveStorageContext::AdjustCurrentLocation);
 }
 
-void TorrentImpl::doRenameFile(int index, const Path &path)
+void TorrentImpl::doRenameFile(const int index, const Path &path)
 {
     const QVector<lt::file_index_t> nativeIndexes = m_torrentInfo.nativeIndexes();
 
diff --git a/src/base/net/downloadhandlerimpl.cpp b/src/base/net/downloadhandlerimpl.cpp
index fa9275e3f..9a9fda377 100644
--- a/src/base/net/downloadhandlerimpl.cpp
+++ b/src/base/net/downloadhandlerimpl.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "downloadhandlerimpl.h"
 
+#include <QtSystemDetection>
 #include <QTemporaryFile>
 #include <QUrl>
 
@@ -146,17 +147,33 @@ void Net::DownloadHandlerImpl::processFinishedDownload()
         {
             const nonstd::expected<Path, QString> result = saveToTempFile(m_result.data);
             if (result)
+            {
                 m_result.filePath = result.value();
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+                Utils::Misc::applyMarkOfTheWeb(m_result.filePath, m_result.url);
+#endif
+            }
             else
+            {
                 setError(tr("I/O Error: %1").arg(result.error()));
+            }
         }
         else
         {
             const nonstd::expected<void, QString> result = Utils::IO::saveToFile(destinationPath, m_result.data);
             if (result)
+            {
                 m_result.filePath = destinationPath;
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+                Utils::Misc::applyMarkOfTheWeb(m_result.filePath, m_result.url);
+#endif
+            }
             else
+            {
                 setError(tr("I/O Error: %1").arg(result.error()));
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/base/utils/misc.cpp b/src/base/utils/misc.cpp
index e0836efbf..d75c963a3 100644
--- a/src/base/utils/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/base/utils/misc.cpp
@@ -602,6 +602,27 @@ QString Utils::Misc::zlibVersionString()
 }
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+bool Utils::Misc::applyMarkOfTheWeb(const Path &file, const QString &url)
+{
+    const QString zoneIDStream = file.toString() + u":Zone.Identifier";
+    HANDLE handle = ::CreateFileW(zoneIDStream.toStdWString().c_str(), GENERIC_WRITE
+        , (FILE_SHARE_DELETE | FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE)
+        , nullptr, OPEN_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, nullptr);
+    if (handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+        return false;
+
+    // 5.6.1 Zone.Identifier Stream Name
+    // https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-fscc/6e3f7352-d11c-4d76-8c39-2516a9df36e8
+    const QByteArray zoneID = QByteArrayLiteral("[ZoneTransfer]\r\nZoneId=3\r\n")
+        + (!url.isEmpty() ? u"HostUrl=%1\r\n"_s.arg(url).toUtf8() : QByteArray());
+
+    DWORD written = 0;
+    const BOOL writeResult = ::WriteFile(handle, zoneID.constData(), zoneID.size(), &written, nullptr);
+    ::CloseHandle(handle);
+
+    return writeResult && (written == zoneID.size());
+}
+
 Path Utils::Misc::windowsSystemPath()
 {
     static const Path path = []() -> Path
diff --git a/src/base/utils/misc.h b/src/base/utils/misc.h
index 3418faeb9..1d6a43989 100644
--- a/src/base/utils/misc.h
+++ b/src/base/utils/misc.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ namespace Utils::Misc
     QString languageToLocalizedString(const QString &localeStr);
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    bool applyMarkOfTheWeb(const Path &file, const QString &url = {});
     Path windowsSystemPath();
 
     template <typename T>