Windows has found this file is potentially harmful

[Art]

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

 

[DL]

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

 

[Doug]

OCX ... very much on the off chance, I sometimes receive DCX files that open
in Irfanview when other means fail. They turn out to be fax messages sent as
DCX but which Irfanview identifies as TIF files with incorrect extensions.
When I accept its offer to rename them to TIF, I can read the messages and
manage the files. As Irfanview is free, compact, swift to install and
well-behaved, you might consider installing it and trying to open the files
with it.
http://www.irfanview.net/

I don't see any OCX or TIF files in my System32 folder - You have sound
reasons for putting them there?

(snip)
Within the ZIP are four OCX files which I need to copy to my System32
directory.

 

[Art]

OK, I have solved the problem by installing WinZip and bypassing the Windows
ZIP file handler. I was able to extract the files with no problem.

Art

 

[FromTheRafters]

http://forum.soft32.com/windows/win...tially-harmful-js-extensio-ftopict349693.html

 

[FromTheRafters]

http://www.petri.co.il/unblock-files-windows-vista.htm