F
Flummoxed
I created a webpage thus:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE></TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>My Blanked Page</H1>
</BODY>
</HTML>
and I saved it in a My Documents location for my user account, and with the
filename of "MyBlankPage.html". I made it my home page in IE6 (latest
updates, on XP-Pro also with latest updates). I've had it as my home page
for over a year. Suddenly, when I click the Home button icon in IE6, I now
get a warning bar saying "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer
has restricted this file from showing active content that could access your
computer."
Huh? WHAT "active content"!? Upon seeing that message I viewed the file with
Notepad and sure enough, there is no active content. Just the code I show
above.
I got a similar message from MS Antivirus with this file a few months back,
which caused me to uninstall MS Antivirus as being just plain stupid and
flagging perfectly safe (created by me) HTML files as being malware. Spybot
S&D, AVG Pro, ZoneAlarm Pro, and Ad-AwareSE do not flag the file as any type
of malware. What's up with IE6 flagging it as potential "active content ...
that could access (my) computer"???
Can others duplicate this IE6 warning-bar strangeness?
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE></TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>My Blanked Page</H1>
</BODY>
</HTML>
and I saved it in a My Documents location for my user account, and with the
filename of "MyBlankPage.html". I made it my home page in IE6 (latest
updates, on XP-Pro also with latest updates). I've had it as my home page
for over a year. Suddenly, when I click the Home button icon in IE6, I now
get a warning bar saying "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer
has restricted this file from showing active content that could access your
computer."
Huh? WHAT "active content"!? Upon seeing that message I viewed the file with
Notepad and sure enough, there is no active content. Just the code I show
above.
I got a similar message from MS Antivirus with this file a few months back,
which caused me to uninstall MS Antivirus as being just plain stupid and
flagging perfectly safe (created by me) HTML files as being malware. Spybot
S&D, AVG Pro, ZoneAlarm Pro, and Ad-AwareSE do not flag the file as any type
of malware. What's up with IE6 flagging it as potential "active content ...
that could access (my) computer"???
Can others duplicate this IE6 warning-bar strangeness?