Zip files right-click warning - This page has an unspecified potential security risk
Everytime I right-click on a .zip file in a network share, the following warning message appears, and the right-click menu appears normally after clicking Yes.
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I’m not clear what the exact security risk is, as this message does not appear when right clicking on a zip file downloaded from the internet or for existing zip files in the hard drive. Interesting point is that in Windows Vista, the warning does not appear when opening .zip files from a network share by double-clicking the file.
I went ahead and added the name of the computer that is hosting the share in my home network, to the Local Intranet Zone. Here are the steps:
- Open Internet Explorer
- Click Tools, Internet Options
- Click the Security tab, and select Local Intranet
- Click Sites button
- Click Advanced
- Type the name of the network computer (which hosts the share)
- Click Add
- Click Close
- Click OK, OK.
The warning message does not appear now. The above works in Windows XP and Windows Vista.
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