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Get rid of "The Publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software"?

Can I stop "The Publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software"? from popuping up when I run an exe? It is really annoying :) Will it require me to completely disable DEP? (PS I'm running windows 7 32 bit)
thegreyspot
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Would there be any problems with DEP turned off?

I recently moved to a fresh Windows 8 x64 system and I learned that my favourite firewall (JPF - Jetico Personal Firewall) doesn't get along with Win8x64 (CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION errors), but I can not do without JPF, so I kind of tried…
IneedHelp
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Need to acquire a machine with hardware DEP

My asus p5k deluxe motherboard and e6600 processor are reported as not having hardware DEP (Data Execution Prevention) in Vista's DEP setup panel. I need to test the software I write with a machine with hardware DEP, so I guess I need a newer…
P a u l
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How to disable NX on Linux

I'm learning stack buffer overflow exploitation, and I later posted question Shellcode segmentation fault. about that executing shellcode from test program, or when injected to vulnerable program, causes segmentation violation. Now I found out that…
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Windows Installer gets terminated by Data Execution Prevention

I'm trying to install something, and all of a sudden Windows' DEP kills Windows Installer. This has happened to me before. Is there a fix for this I'm not aware of? I'm on XP.
Pieter
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Why does DEP kill IE when accessing Microsoft FTP?

I start up IE (9.0.8112.16421) with about:blank and I go to ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/ I press Alt, click View and then Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer. At this point IE stops responding and eventually crashes (though the window is still active,…
Samir
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Data Execution Prevention (DEP) still disabling programs after it has been disabled

After installing a disk encryption tool, Data Execution Prevention (DEP) starts killing the Spooler Subsystem. This is a known issue with this encryption program and the fix is to set DEP to run on all programs except those I specify. So I make this…
music2myear
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Data Execution Prevention suddenly prevents Console2 from running

Not sure what happened but when I got to work today, Console2 stopped working. Every time I try opening it Windows XP (SP2) complains: error dialogs (can't post images yet) I tried messing with DEP preferences in System->Performance, adding cmd.exe…
Zack
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Excel97 crash, Windows 7, VBA, DEP

I've not be able to get Excel 97 VBA to run correctly on Win 7 without turning DEP entirely off. Access97 runs ok with just an Access DEP exception, But making Excel a DEP exception has not helped. Specifically, Excel 97 crashes and closes when I…
Excel VBA problem with Find
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When to use Data Execution Prevention?

I have DEP enabled on my Windows XP machine. I have seen the DEP dialog pop up on two occasions, once when running Blender and more recently when running Skype. I have no clue about whether these were virus attacks or valid program behaviour. How do…
Agnel Kurian
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Are DEP Exceptions OK?

I recently installed an application that would not run until I made an exception for it in Windows 2008 Server. I've seen the same on a Windows 7 system. Assuming these are commercial applications without trojans, what is the risk in doing this?
xpda
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How do I stop explorer.exe from crashing with Data Execution Prevention (windows XP)

At least once a day or more my explorer.exe crashes with the error "Data Execution Prevention - To help protect your computer, Windows has closed this program. Windows Explorer [Close Message]" explorer appears to continue running until you press…
frank
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Data Execution Preventing Popup

After uninstalling a couple print drivers and restarting my system, I got this weird Data Execution Prevention popup window (see attachment). It's weird because it states that it shut down the Microsoft Spooler SubSystem App, which kept crashing,…
Jim Fell
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Vista Internet Explorer 8 Data Execution Prevention kills Internet Explorer 8

Just started getting data execution prevention errors. What is the problem?
John Gittings
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My windows XP 2 is not starting up as DEP has blocked everything. Help Me

As i have a demo of my project And my data is inside my system and the DEP has blocked everything on my system please help me to rectify the problem ASAP. I only see my wallpaper and nothing else, what can I do?
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