Microsoft KB Archive/272541

= OL98: ActiveX Security Warning Message =

Article ID: 272541

Article Last Modified on 8/6/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q272541



SYMPTOMS
When you open or use the Preview pane to view certain messages, you may receive the following warning message:

This page provides potentially unsafe information to an ActiveX control. Your current security settings prohibit running controls in this manner. As a result, this page may not display correctly.



CAUSE
This message is a security measure to prevent possibly malicious Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) code (hostile ActiveX controls) from sending your browser to a harmful Web site or automatically running code that may damage data on your computer.



RESOLUTION
To work around this behavior, change your Security Zone settings. By changing your Security Zone settings, you affect the security in Microsoft Internet Explorer and other programs that use the zone settings.

To change your Security Zone settings in Internet Explorer 4.x:  In Outlook, click Options on the Tools menu. Click the Security tab. Under Secure Content, click the zone (Internet or Restricted Sites Zone) that you want, and then click Zone Settings. When you receive the security zones warning message, click OK. Click the zone that you selected in step 3 (Internet or Restricted Sites Zone), and then click a lower setting than the current Security Zone setting. If you select a setting that is lower than the default setting, you are prompted with the following warning message:

The recommended level for this zone is. The security level that you have chosen is lower than this. Are you sure you want to change the security level?

Click Yes to change the security setting.

To change your Security Zone settings in Internet Explorer 5 or later:  In Outlook, click Options on the Tools menu.</li> Click the Security tab.</li> Under Secure Content, click the zone (Internet or Restricted Sites Zone) that you want, and then click Zone Settings.</li> When you receive the security zones warning message, click OK.</li> Click the zone that you selected in step 3, and then drag the slider to a lower setting than the setting that you selected. When you select a setting that is lower the default setting and you are prompted with the following warning message, click Yes:

The recommended level for this zone is. The security level that you have chosen is lower than this. Are you sure you want to change the security level?

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MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about security zones, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

182729 OL98: Security Zones in Outlook 98

Keywords: kbprb KB272541

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