Questions tagged [security-warning]
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MS Powerpoint: Microsoft Office has identified a potential security concern error (and how it works with Trust Center)
We have a number of PPT files that have hyperlinks in them that connect to PDF files on our dropbox which are replicated thru dropbox onto our users' hard drives. When the hyperlinks are run to show ...
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Word macros suddenly blocked
I have a Word 2019 .docm file that contains a few macros that I wrote myself.
This file was "working" since several years fine until now. Today, I opened it and got a warning that the macros ...
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Router intrusion messages in activity log. What does it mean?
Today I decided to check my router security logs cuz I've had connectivity issues and I noticed something unusual and new to me, I noticed this line
Intrusion -> SRC=190.71.82.227 DST=xx.xx.xxx.xx ...
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Trusted Location still showing security warning for compiled Access DB path
Asked on Stack Overflow but Super User was suggested
Been puzzling over this for a few days.
I install a compiled Access 2016 database (accde) into a %localappdata% program subfolder and add that ...
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Is it expected behavior when a Windows 8.1 iso file says Unknown Publisher?
Using a Windows 10 PC, I downloaded Windows 8.1 iso using a link from here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows8ISO
in order to re-install Windows 8.1 on another machine.
When I ...
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Firefox allow HTTP URLs (and not force HTTPS)
tl;dr I want to browse an http-based URL but Firefox will not let me.
A local network HTTP server is at http://host (port 80) and the corresponding HTTPS server is at https://host (port 443).
When I ...
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How to verify email from Microsoft is legit?
I recently got an email from "microsoft team" that landed in my outlook junk. This leads to my first question:
If this is a legitimate email from "[email protected]", howcome ...
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Browser Warning "The entire domain cannot be shown"
While visiting a page on Twitter with a short URL, Vivaldi browser warned me "The entire domain cannot be shown. Make sure you trust this website before submitting data."
This video ...
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Gpg4win installer signature validation: how to fix "WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!"
I am following the install guide of "OpenPGP signatures" of Gpg4win at Check integrity of Gpg4win packages.
Having also followed additional advice of how to import the Gpg4win public key ...
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How to display warning message while closing a batch file?
I have a batch file. After opening it, I want to warn the user for closing it, by a warning dialog box with a custom message. Or if the above is not possible, the atleast some Message inside the batch ...
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Internet Explorer drops "this site is not secure" whenever opening the Syncthing web app
On a machine where I don't have any admin privileges, I have installed Syncthing. But whenever I start/restart the software I get this warning in IE:
This site is not secure
Error ...
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Google Chrome - deceptive sites
I have a free third level domain registered here https://www.dnsexit.com/domains/free-second-level-domains/ to test virtual machine. This domains DNS directs to my virtual server which is under my ...
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"Publisher Could Not Be Verified" on .dll
One of my .dll files is unsigned, and every single time I run the program that uses it, it pops up with this warning:
I've tried to edit the following registry key to include both .exe and .dll files ...
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Windows 10 Do you want to run this file prompt
I am using Visual Studio code from the zip file so that I have more control of where my data is stored (trying to keep it from writing to my roaming profile), but every time that I launch the ...
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Disable Firefox's "Open Executable File" warning
After updating Firefox to ver. 67.0,
a dialog box with the headline "Open Executable File?"
is coming up every time I open an executable.
How can I disable those warnings? (Unchecking these on ...
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