"David Ocampo" <daocampo@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:58F4B8E4-798B-44C8-B4C2-934F8AB1C395@xxxxxx
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> Dear Windows Vista Community,
>
> Every time I want to open a .url file using the customized Links menu on
> the deskbar (channel bar), I get a dialog box with a security
> warning message "Do you want to open this file?"
Yeah, that's to make sure the user really meant to ask the
OS to take an action. Kind of like a gun that asks you if
you really want to fire a bullet after you pull the trigger.
It's a safety feature.
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> How do I disable this security warning dialog box from popping up?
Why would you want to? Just to rid yourself of a minor
annoyance?
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> I am confident my Avast! virus definitions will detect and intercept any
> virus or spyware attached to any url before the file is opened, so I
> really
> don't need this feature, it is annoying.
Relying on AV in this way is doomed to failure. AV and other anti
programs are meant to supplement good computing practices, not
as a substitute for them.
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> Thanks for any help you can provide as to Vista security settings!
Sorry I'm not being helpful, but I hope in some small way this does
indeed help - though not the way you might have expected.