Wife doesn't have permission to open dmg files

I've got a quick question. I have my wife set up with some limits so she doesn't try to install everything in the world. I've downloaded a disk image file from MyPublisher which will install a iPhoto plugin that will allow her to order books from MyPublisher. Unfortunately she gets the following error when she tries to open the dmg file:
"You don't have permission to open this application"
I guess I have two questions. First, is there a way for me to enable her to install only this application? I don't really want to give her blanket permissions to install apps, only this one. Second, if I install this plugin on my account will it only affect my iPhoto instance, or hers too. I'm more interested in an easy way for her to install/uninstall using that one dmg file so if we can solve that issue I don't care about the other question.
Powermac G5, single 1.8Ghz, 3GB RAM, 2x250Gb HD Mac OS X (10.4.7) Final Cut Studio HD
Powermac G5, single 1.8Ghz, 3GB RAM, 2x250Gb HD Mac OS X (10.4.7) Final Cut Studio HD

Most likely some extended file permission problem where the files have been miscategories? as quarantined:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4833052/how-do-i-remove-the-extended-attribut es-on-a-file-in-mac-osx
What I have seen, is I open a bunch of *.jpg's in Preview. If there is a problem with 1 file Preview often quarantines all the following files. I believe that status goes away on reboot but not ideal to have to do that.
Not sure what the correct way to prevent this behavior is. This might prove riskier than just fixing the files when it occurs:
http://www.cnet.com/news/workarounds-for-quarantine-bug-in-os-x-lion/

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Hey FatFingerDan,
It looks like you were accessing iCloud around Mar 11, 2015.
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