[G4] New, Strange Alert Box

[John Baltutis]

On 06/15/04,  VS <vs1 at dax.nu> wrote:
>
> At 01.39 -0500 04-06-15, Michael Ron wrote:
>>Has this happened to you? Do you know a fix? Suddenly I'm getting
>>"alert boxes" with the yellow exclamation mark telling me "The
>>document you are opening will open the application "Microsoft Word"
>>(or whatever) for the first time. Are you sure you want to open the
>>application?" Then tells me where the application is located with
>>"Cancel" or "Open". I'm on  a G4, mirror door, 1.25  with OS 10.3.4.
>>It's just started this. I don't know of anything I've done
>>differently but probably did.
>
> I haven't yet seen this effect myself, but I read that this is a new
> feature in the latest (?) security update of OSX. This is a feature
> to stop unwanted programs to start, and to tell you that something is
> starting for the first time (since the security update).
>
> As I haven't seen it yet on my computer I am not sure how the "first
> time" is decided. I have certainly started programs, but maybe only
> those in my dock??
>
> I am sure someone else knows more, and can tell us...:-)
>

See
<<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798>http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25785>
for information on the 2004-06-07 Security Update.