OFF2000: Error Message "A security problem occurred." (224108)

ERROR MESSAGE

When you reference hyperlinks in Visual Basic for Applications, the following error may occur:

A security problem has occurred.

NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that allows you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8FBEE1D3-C5BB-4A36-A2F7-DC63DE2A818C

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.

CAUSE

This error message may occur when you are using one of the following Visual Basic for Applications methods:

Doc.FollowHyperlink
Hyperlink.Follow
Document.Reload

-and-

You attempt to follow a link to a secure site (https:) that has a security certificate.

THINGS TO TRY

Open the secure site directly in your Web browser. When you receive the security alert, continue past the alert. After the Web browser has cached this response, you should be able to follow the hyperlink.

For additional information about connecting to a secure Web site using Microsoft Internet Explorer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

188839 Err Msg: Internet Explorer Cannot Open the Internet Site...