Comments on: Zip Files Right-Click Warning – This Page Has an Unspecified Potential Security Risk http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/zip-files-right-click-warning-potential-security-risk/ Troubleshooting Windows 7/XP/Vista, Fixes & Tweaks | General Productivity Tips Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:27:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: R http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/zip-files-right-click-warning-potential-security-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-10712 R Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:08:49 +0000 http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=314#comment-10712 The solution of checking/unchecking the options in the Security-->Local Intranet--> Sites box or adding computer names in the Security-->Local Intranet--> Sites-->Advanced box does not work in the following cases: (1) when using an IP address to map drives (for example \\192.168.1.2) (2) when using a mapped computer name that has periods (for example \\xyz.domain.com). The pop-up will occur as long as there is a period or a dot in the name that comes after the double-backslash. Here is how to solve this. This method can also be used if you do not want to add computer names individually but would rather use computer name or IP ranges. 1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools, and then click Internet Options. 2. On the Security tab, click Local intranet, and then click Sites. 3. Click Advanced, and then type: *://192.168.1.1-255.* in the Add this Web site to the zone box 4. Click Add, click OK, click OK, and then click OK again to close the Internet Options dialog box. Note the format for IP-based name ranges *://192.168.1.1-255.* There is a star then a colon and then two forward slashes. 1 is the last octect of the starting IP adrdress in the range 255 is the last octet of the ending address. So, in my example above, I have added computers mapped from 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.1.255 For domain name ranges that contain a period, use something like: *://*.domain.com Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303650 The solution of checking/unchecking the options in the Security–>Local Intranet–> Sites box or adding computer names in the Security–>Local Intranet–> Sites–>Advanced box does not work in the following cases:
(1) when using an IP address to map drives (for example \\192.168.1.2)
(2) when using a mapped computer name that has periods (for example \\xyz.domain.com).
The pop-up will occur as long as there is a period or a dot in the name that comes after the double-backslash.

Here is how to solve this. This method can also be used if you do not want to add computer names individually but would rather use computer name or IP ranges.

1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools, and then click Internet Options.
2. On the Security tab, click Local intranet, and then click Sites.
3. Click Advanced, and then type: *://192.168.1.1-255.* in the Add this Web site to the zone box
4. Click Add, click OK, click OK, and then click OK again to close the Internet Options dialog box.

Note the format for IP-based name ranges
*://192.168.1.1-255.*
There is a star then a colon and then two forward slashes.
1 is the last octect of the starting IP adrdress in the range
255 is the last octet of the ending address.
So, in my example above, I have added computers mapped from 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.1.255

For domain name ranges that contain a period, use something like: *://*.domain.com

Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303650

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