Safari now thinks webhistory files are apps?

I don't know what happened but i just restarted and suddenly whenever i try to open .webhistory files (stored safari history websites) it gives me a popup box asking if i was sure i want to open this "application" since it was downloaded from the internet. this usually only happens with app-files but why now with .webhistory files?
Why does it think that .webhistory files are apps?
i have no clue why this is happening now. it can't be 10.5.3 related because i installed right when the update was released and that was few days ago. and it wasn't happening an hour ago before i restarted.
any ideas?
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I just started experiencing the exact same issue you described both with .webbookmark and .webhistory. Pulling up a search via spotlight and selecting either brings up said dialog box.
Annoying as ****. Anyone else experiencing this and/or find a solution?

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