I can not download a file from my e-mail

hey guys

I recived an email with a zip file from a friend of  mine. When I try to download that zip file it says that it's a virus and I cannot download that. I trust this guy and that is not a virus, what can I do to downlad that??

yeah I have had this problem before...if you use G-mail you can send files using google Drive. Gmail doesn't let you download .exe files through email. But if it is zipped through google Drive it seems to work. Or you can always do the old mail the flash drive trick.

I have a friend in another state and we would mail a 256 megabyte flash drive back and forth with a word doc, photos, etc. Sort of like an semi-electronic penpal. It was actually really fun,

I'm using outlook and I don't really know how to do it

I have never used outlook so I have no idea how it works.

I don't know why, don't know how, but it worked