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Old 02-23-2009
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Re: Windows has found this file is potentially harmful
Just an observation; you need several different malaware type scanning apps,
so having Defender disabled is not helping you. Norton will not detect all
malaware.
Someone I know & trust sent me an attachment that was infected


"Art" <Art@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A140129C-C953-46A2-ABD3-B074EDC41375@microsoft.com...
>I am running Windows Vista Ultimate with Windows Defender Disabled and
>Norton
> Internet Security 2009 installed. Someone who is completely trusted sent
> me
> an email with an attachment. The attachment was defined as a ZIPP file.
> I
> copied the file to my desktop and renamed it to a ZIP file to access the
> enclosed files. Within the ZIP are four OCX files which I need to copy to
> my
> System32 directory.
>
> When I attempt to copy the files to any location in my computer, I get
> "Windows has found this file is potentially harmful. To help protect your
> computer, Windows has blocked access to this file." When I click on the
> "How
> does this help protect my computer." link it takes me to Windows Mail
> help.
> This has nothing to do with Windows Mail.
>
> Where can I adjust the Security settings in Windows to fix this problem



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