Re: Outlook 2002 SP3 ActiveX warning

From: Helmut Obertanner (obertanner_at_datalog.de)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:34:13 +0100

Hello Hyde,

this can be deactivated by a RegistryKey, but then you have a Security Flaw.
There is a good article on microsoft about Office Security:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011403201033.aspx

Hope that helps,
Helmut Obertanner

""Hyde" the darker side" <Hydethedarkerside@discussions.microsoft.com>
schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:AD0DF74F-E89C-403A-B171-756D1FDDED3F@microsoft.com...
> Apologies if this is posted to the wrong forum.
>
> I'm getting the following warning message when trying to paste from Word
> 2002 SP3 into a fresh HTML formatted email.
>
> "your current security settings prohibit running activeX controls on this
> page. As a result, the page may not display correctly."
>
> I've narrowed the activation of this warning to a single word or part of a
> word in various paragraphs of a CV I received and then used as a template
> to
> formulate my own CV. So it's not the same word that activates the
> warning,
> nor does it look like it's a word in a particular position within the
> paragraph.
>
> I've disabled all macros and removed all COM add-ins in Word, and these
> two
> offending documents are the only ones that cause this warning message.
>
> How can I track down what is actually causing this and remove it?
>
> My work around for my own CV was to save it as an rtf document and then
> open
> that format and once again save it with a doc extension. But I'd still
> like
> to know how to trace the offending code that's causing the warning in the
> original documents so that I can evaluate any risk.
>
> I'm running XP SP2 with firewall enabled. AVG Free Edition anti virus
> software with the most up-to-date protection and also run Lavasofts
> Ad-Aware
> SE with the latest updates. None of these products reports any problem
> with
> my laptop.
>
> Regards
> Hyde.

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