Microsoft Office has identifed a potential security concern
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From: milt on 27 Mar 2010 12:07 On 3/24/2010 4:53 PM, G�rard Ducouret wrote: > Hello, > I created an hyperlink between a Project Std 2007 task and a Word document, > but when I click on it to open the document, I get the warning: > ______________________________ > Microsoft Office Project Security Notice > Microsoft Office has identifed a potential security concern. > This location may be unsafe. > Specifications.docx > Hyperlinks can be harmful to your computer and data. To protect your > computer, click only those hyperlinks from trusted sources. > Do you want to continue? > _______________________________ > How can I get rid of the warning? > Thanks for your help > > > See, this is the problem with computer users and why so many people have problems. There is built in warning systems and what not to protect the computer and people keep asking how to get around them, shut them off, etc.Then they wonder why their computers start acting funny because they got some sort of virus or other infection that these security features would block. The greatest laugh is they blame Windows for the problem! No, blame yourself for shutting off all the security! (This includes the people that think shutting off UAC is a good idea).
From: G�rard Ducouret on 28 Mar 2010 08:00 Hi milt, "milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_(a)miltsweb.com> a �crit dans le message de news: eIS3JeczKHA.5348(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > On 3/24/2010 4:53 PM, G�rard Ducouret wrote: >> Hello, >> I created an hyperlink between a Project Std 2007 task and a Word >> document, >> but when I click on it to open the document, I get the warning: >> ______________________________ >> Microsoft Office Project Security Notice >> Microsoft Office has identifed a potential security concern. >> This location may be unsafe. >> Specifications.docx >> Hyperlinks can be harmful to your computer and data. To protect your >> computer, click only those hyperlinks from trusted sources. >> Do you want to continue? >> _______________________________ >> How can I get rid of the warning? >> Thanks for your help >> >> >> > > See, this is the problem with computer users and why so many people have > problems. There is built in warning systems and what not to protect the > computer and people keep asking how to get around them, shut them off, > etc.Then they wonder why their computers start acting funny because they > got some sort of virus or other infection that these security features > would block. The greatest laugh is they blame Windows for the problem! No, > blame yourself for shutting off all the security! (This includes the > people that think shutting off UAC is a good idea). Hi milt, I think that this systematic warning does not warn anything useful because it is systematic. More, it is a little bit annoying because all the files that I'm pointing on with these hyper links have been created by me. This warning would be useful if it warned only when it detects a real virus in the file. But it's not the case. The waste of time and productivity due to security measures may be ten times greater that the waste of time and productivity due to a potential virus, when the severity of which ( impact x probability) is so tiny. G�rard
From: Jose on 28 Mar 2010 15:41 On Mar 28, 8:00 am, "Gérard Ducouret" <ducouret.gerardREMOVET...(a)THATfree.fr> wrote: > Hi milt, > > "milt" <theatreguy_dunsp...(a)miltsweb.com> a écrit dans le message de news: > eIS3JeczKHA.5...(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > > > > > > On 3/24/2010 4:53 PM, Gérard Ducouret wrote: > >> Hello, > >> I created an hyperlink between a Project Std 2007 task and a Word > >> document, > >> but when I click on it to open the document, I get the warning: > >> ______________________________ > >> Microsoft Office Project Security Notice > >> Microsoft Office has identifed a potential security concern. > >> This location may be unsafe. > >> Specifications.docx > >> Hyperlinks can be harmful to your computer and data. To protect your > >> computer, click only those hyperlinks from trusted sources. > >> Do you want to continue? > >> _______________________________ > >> How can I get rid of the warning? > >> Thanks for your help > > > See, this is the problem with computer users and why so many people have > > problems. There is built in warning systems and what not to protect the > > computer and people keep asking how to get around them, shut them off, > > etc.Then they wonder why their computers start acting funny because they > > got some sort of virus or other infection that these security features > > would block. The greatest laugh is they blame Windows for the problem! No, > > blame yourself for shutting off all the security! (This includes the > > people that think shutting off UAC is a good idea). > > Hi milt, > I think that this systematic warning does not warn anything useful because > it is systematic. More, it is a little bit annoying because all the files > that I'm pointing on with these hyper links have been created by me. This > warning would be useful if it warned only when it detects a real virus in > the file. But it's not the case. > The waste of time and productivity due to security measures may be ten times > greater that the waste of time and productivity due to a potential virus, > when the severity of which ( impact x probability) is so tiny. > > Gérard Sort of. If you read the description of the feature it is there to protect you but only you know if you need protecting from yourself. If you see it on your own system and know you are virus free, MS tells you how to disable it (depending on your version, no registry edit needed) for the duration of your effort so it is not annoying and then turn it back on when you are done doing whatever you are doing. That is the recommendation - don't circumvent security, but you can choose to do so. If you turn it off permanently in the registry, never or forget to turn it back on and then someday receive stuff from an untrustworthy source, you may be sorry you manually disabled this built in protection mechanism. What do you think is systematic about it?
From: G�rard Ducouret on 29 Mar 2010 05:31 Hi Jose, "Jose" <jose_ease(a)yahoo.com> a �crit dans le message de news: e4878042-ac81-4536-9522-850570b8b58b(a)g11g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... On Mar 28, 8:00 am, "G�rard Ducouret" <ducouret.gerardREMOVET...(a)THATfree.fr> wrote: > Hi milt, > > "milt" <theatreguy_dunsp...(a)miltsweb.com> a �crit dans le message de news: > eIS3JeczKHA.5...(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > > > > > > On 3/24/2010 4:53 PM, G�rard Ducouret wrote: > >> Hello, > >> I created an hyperlink between a Project Std 2007 task and a Word > >> document, > >> but when I click on it to open the document, I get the warning: > >> ______________________________ > >> Microsoft Office Project Security Notice > >> Microsoft Office has identifed a potential security concern. > >> This location may be unsafe. > >> Specifications.docx > >> Hyperlinks can be harmful to your computer and data. To protect your > >> computer, click only those hyperlinks from trusted sources. > >> Do you want to continue? > >> _______________________________ > >> How can I get rid of the warning? > >> Thanks for your help > > > See, this is the problem with computer users and why so many people have > > problems. There is built in warning systems and what not to protect the > > computer and people keep asking how to get around them, shut them off, > > etc.Then they wonder why their computers start acting funny because they > > got some sort of virus or other infection that these security features > > would block. The greatest laugh is they blame Windows for the problem! > > No, > > blame yourself for shutting off all the security! (This includes the > > people that think shutting off UAC is a good idea). > > Hi milt, > I think that this systematic warning does not warn anything useful because > it is systematic. More, it is a little bit annoying because all the files > that I'm pointing on with these hyper links have been created by me. This > warning would be useful if it warned only when it detects a real virus in > the file. But it's not the case. > The waste of time and productivity due to security measures may be ten > times > greater that the waste of time and productivity due to a potential virus, > when the severity of which ( impact x probability) is so tiny. > > G�rard <Sort of. If you read the description of the feature it is there to <protect you but only you know if you need protecting from yourself. <If you see it on your own system and know you are virus free, MS tells <you how to disable it (depending on your version, no registry edit <needed) for the duration of your effort so it is not annoying and then <turn it back on when you are done doing whatever you are doing. That <is the recommendation - don't circumvent security, but you can choose <to do so. <If you turn it off permanently in the registry, never or forget to <turn it back on and then someday receive stuff from an untrustworthy <source, you may be sorry you manually disabled this built in <protection mechanism. <What do you think is systematic about it? In my specific use of the software, this feature is useless and time consuming. It could be useful if this warning appeared only when there is a real threat. But I have an anti-virus and a firewall which are doing this job pretty well. So I'm very glad to use this registry key. Anyway, I would be interested in a solution to disable temporarily this feature without any registry edit. Do you know it? Thanks
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