HTM attachments become 'Restricted Sites'

[Dave W]

I want to send .htm files I have made to a friend to download to a folder, and work from there. If I go round there and transfer the files from a memory stick, the script in them works fine, but if I send them as attachments to email, usually (but not always), they are rendered as a Restricted Site, and the javascript doesn't work when the file is double clicked in its target folder.

My friend is using Vista, Windows Mail and IE7. I have tried sending one with a .txt extension, and asked the friend to rename it as .htm after saving, but this was no better. Maybe because the filename was the same as the previous one? I also tried sending the file zipped up, again no better.

Is there a hidden record of blacklisted files, so that renaming the file might let it work? I have not included any headers in the files defining the type of html - would doing this help? Is there any way to make the file Unrestricted after saving it? I have searched the web but not found the answer.

Dave W

[Toby]

One word - Dropbox!

It will keep two folders on both your machines synchronized over the internet, so you don't have to use email.

It is free and can be got from here

you use my affiliate link below, then we both get and extra 250MB of space personally find it extremely useful.

[TheOldFellow]

Dave, the better virus protectors look at the file contents, not the extension, so you have to obfuscate the whole contents with, say, truecrypt (free software) if the anti-virus is up to scratch. Zip isn't enough, they know about that! If it looks like HTML, it's assumed to be malicious. This is usually a setting for personal emailers, but not if it's in the ISP's email system.

Toby is right though, it's much easier with a shared Dropbox folder, I've set them up for everyone in the family. By signing up all my friends I've got up to 8GB for free!

R.

[www.GymRatZ.co.uk]

try password protecting the zip file. That will prevent AV from detecting the script though it might not be happy when it is unzipped at the other end. If all else fails then he'll have to de-activate his AntiVirus software when he's expecting the file from you.

or a superior way (in my mind) would be to install tightVNC on both machines

and when required your friend can run a host session. Give you his IP address and you can then log into his machine as a remote user and transfer files to his local drive. When all is done he simply closes the session.

If he has a personal firewall he would need to allow TightVNC to accept a connection and many AV scans will report it as a trojan which it would be if you didn't know what it was or how it got there.

Any script "hidden" in an attachment is and should be treated with the greatest of caution which his AV is correctly doing. HTH Pete

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[Pete Zahut]

I've used UltraVNC and TightVNC in the past but these days I prefer to use Teamviewer

It's absolutely brilliant, it doesn't need any faffing around with, works through firewalls, NATs, and is free for non-commercial use.