78506 - Error: "Security Warning: Authenticode signature not found" is thrown when trying to run exe

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Core :: Security, defect)

Description

[jason thornton]

After extracting the contents of mozilla-win32-0.8.1.zip into an empty folder 
and then running the mozilla.exe the following error message is thrown.

The publisher cannot be determined due the problems below:
Error:  "Security Warning: Authenticode signature not found" 

The app is unable to execute as a result.

Comment 1

[Sean Su]

over to browser general

Comment 2

[timeless]

Reporter: are you a mortal instead of an admin? And what settings does your w2k 
box have?  I've run mozilla as a mortal but my machine isn't locked down 
against local users.

Comment 3

[Blake Ross]

Hmm...no clue.  Reporter, can you please try a new nightly build?  0.8.1 is 
old.  Maybe the security guys have a clue here...

Comment 4

[jason thornton]

I discovered that when I purged neoplanet from my system that this problem went 
away.  Having neoplanet around also seemed to prevent komodo from running.  
Additionally, if I had neoplanet running in the background and then tried to 
run mozilla I would generate the error...however If I ran mozilla first and 
then neoplanet mozilla would be ok but neoplanet would become unstable.  It 
would seem they are in opposition.  

Comment 5

[timeless]

I highly doubt we can do anything about this, but there's always relnote.

Comment 6

[Mitchell Stoltz (not reading bugmail)]

I'm guessing the problem is with Windows, maybe the registry. Authenticode is a
Microsoft technology that we don't use. Since there's a workaround, I'm marking
this WONTFIX.

Comment 7

[ckritzer (gone)]

Marking VERIFIED WONTFIX