FAQs Outlook Security

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Why am I getting Outlook security pop-ups?

This is a built-in Microsoft feature for Outlook to try and prevent against malware programmatically accessing your Outlook application, address book or contacts.

How can I stop it happening?

Outlook 2003

Your options on this version are limited. However, there are some third party tools you can install which may help:-

• Advanced Security for Outlook - tested on 2003 and works very well
• ClickYes - untested

Outlook 2007 and newer

These versions provide more flexibility, with several settings to be chosen from under Outlook Options > Trust Center Settings > Programmatic Access:-

• Warn...when antivirus is out of date - preferable
  • Obviously your AV definitions do actually need to be up to date to prevent pop-ups
• Never warn

If these options are disabled, then you may need to start Outlook with administrative privileges.