M
Martin B. Brilliant
Yesterday morning I created a .jpg file using Serif PhotoPlus.
Yesterday afternoon I accepted a batch of Windows updates.
Yesterday evening I double-clicked the .jpg in Windows Explorer and got
a dialog window titled "Open File - Security Warning" that said "Do you
want to open this file?" and "Publisher: Unknown Publisher" and "While
files from the Internet can be useful, this file type can potentially
harm your computer," etc., etc.
This is too much. The file is not from the Internet, it was created
right here on my own hard drive. If I didn't want to open it, I
wouldn't have double-clicked it! And why is the "Publisher" unknown if
I created the file myself?
I removed all the updates that "Add or Remove Programs" says were
installed yesterday, but I still get the "warning." Would it help to
remove Windows Internet Explorer 7? "Add or Remove Programs" says I
used it today, but I haven't opened it today, so it must do more than
just explore the Internet; is it the source of the "warning"?
How can I stop this nonsense?
Yesterday afternoon I accepted a batch of Windows updates.
Yesterday evening I double-clicked the .jpg in Windows Explorer and got
a dialog window titled "Open File - Security Warning" that said "Do you
want to open this file?" and "Publisher: Unknown Publisher" and "While
files from the Internet can be useful, this file type can potentially
harm your computer," etc., etc.
This is too much. The file is not from the Internet, it was created
right here on my own hard drive. If I didn't want to open it, I
wouldn't have double-clicked it! And why is the "Publisher" unknown if
I created the file myself?
I removed all the updates that "Add or Remove Programs" says were
installed yesterday, but I still get the "warning." Would it help to
remove Windows Internet Explorer 7? "Add or Remove Programs" says I
used it today, but I haven't opened it today, so it must do more than
just explore the Internet; is it the source of the "warning"?
How can I stop this nonsense?