Some files can harm your computer.
December 12th, 2005 at 05:28pm
While visiting a secure trusted site in IE, you may encounter links to files which cannot be opened or saved. You receive the message: Some files can harm your computer. If the file information below looks suspicious, or you do not fully trust the source, do not open or save this file. You search Microsoft.com and come up with KB840386: Cannot open an Excel 2003 workbook by using Internet Explorer 6.0 but it’s no help. The page says there’s a hotfix but you need to have a service agreement with Microsoft to download it.
The solution? I found this page (brianmadden.com) which contained a solution posted by an anonymous user. Go to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced tab > Uncheck “Do not save encrypted pages to disk.” What’s really happening is that the file is being served over a secure connection so with that option enabled, IE is not allowed to save it to the disk. Therefore you can’t download the file or even open it since it cannot save it temporarily to disk. This option is disabled by default.
Unfortunately, the page that contains the solution isn’t found when searching for the exact error message. Instead, I found it by accidentally searching for “some files may harm your computer.”
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5 Comments Add your own
1. bala | June 5th, 2006 at 8:28 pm
i need how remove harm please reply me
2. Thalaiselvam | May 30th, 2007 at 1:37 am
I had one package (in VB back-end MSAccess). if i run the package it not run, if i manually open the MSAccess file, it will through the this error ( some files can harm…..)
3. Dan400Man | June 17th, 2008 at 7:14 am
This did not work for me. The aforementioned setting was already “unchecked”.
Here’s what did work in my situation:
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/jritmeijer/archive/2006/08/19/144065.aspx
— or —
http://tinyurl.com/5vwe4m
Basically, go Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/File Types and select the extension you don’t want to be prompted to open, click Advanced tab, and uncheck the “Confirm open after download” box.
(WinXP Pro, IE7)
4. Pradeep HM | June 20th, 2008 at 4:50 am
I done it But its not working . Same problem. Please tell me anybody Reg’s this solution..
5. Haresh Patel | June 30th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Some files can harm your computer. If the file information below looks suspicious, or you do not fully trust the source, do not open or save this file.
THANKING YOU FOR ABOV SOLUTION.
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