Comments on: Disable the Annoying "This page has an unspecified potential security risk" When Using Files on a Network Share

By: great

great — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:06:44 +0000

just got a WHS and moved my documents there and got this annoying window every time i access the folder…
thank you it worked perfectly!

By: steveisalazyadmin

steveisalazyadmin — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:03:20 +0000

OK… I’ve clarified my issue, but still need solution!!

If I add “file://SERVER” to the Inranet sites via Group Policy, when I check in Internet Options it is there exactly as I typed it.

If I add “file://DOMAIN” (as per the drive mapping), Internet Explorer automagically modifies it to “file://*.DOMAIN”, making the path no longer valid – Why?

If I try to work around it, eliminate the dot, and put “file://*DOMAIN”, it simply does not add it to the zone at all!

Aarrrrrghh! How can I get “file://DOMAIN” (That is a Fully Qualified Domain Name, not NETBIOS), into the Intranet zone list? Registry Hack via Group Policy Preferences?

By: steveisalazyadmin

steveisalazyadmin — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:26:28 +0000

Here is a slight variation on this that is not resolved by your article…

Our users cannot map drives directly to the servers as there are many replicating shares. We use DFS to create a domain-based namespace for drive mappings. So, instead of “\\SERVER\ShareName\” we are mapping to “\\DOMAIN\SHARES\LinkToShareName”, and DFS handles the rest.

On the strength of your article it seems sensible that I just add “file://DOMAIN” to the intranet zone, and the popup will magically go away… NOPE! This does not work and I still get that very irritating popup message

If I implement your article for one of the replicating shares and map directly then yes it all works perfectly, however directly mapping to the server is not an option

So I am wondering why adding the domain name does not work. As far as Internet Explorer is concerned it should just be a file path like any other, as the operations of DFS are transparent. I wonder if this has something to do with name resolution…

Any ideas?

PS. By the way, what is the other method for switching them off entirely? I could make this change via Group Policy to the Intranet zone, and with complete control over the Intranet zone and all IE settings fully locked down this would not be a security risk. Come on… Let the cat out of the bag please!!!

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:24:07 +0000

Thanks Farm Geek! Tried removing that annoying pop-up myself but the one item I was missing was covered in your ‘Note’ at the bottom of the article – “Note: I was completely unable to use this method to remove the security popups when using an IP address to map drives. You’ll need to switch to using the computer name when mapping drives in order to remove the messages.”

By: Zac

Zac — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:16:56 +0000

Instead of putting multiple entries in the Local Intranet advanced section (such as file://EachComputer), could you put just one entry like this: file://192.168.1.* to allow access to all your network shares in the IP range, or does this pose a security risk?

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:29:05 +0000

I’m getting this message without trying to open any files. I’m getting this pop up just from going online… it appears usually when the AIM ads are changing. Please help~!

By: ie hater

ie hater — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:13:49 +0000

IE is such a piece of annoying crap

By: Marcus

Marcus — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:43:35 +0000

Thanks for the tip! These little nuggets of how-to are so helpful and save tons of time and frustration. Also, you noted that an IP address mapping doesn’t work, but I added my share by IP (instead of computer name) and it worked just fine. I’m using XP/SP3. Thanks again!

By: Shai

Shai — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:13:02 +0000

Great tip… this was getting really annoying. Thanks!