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Bronze Contributor

Sep 03, 2020

New download option and potentially dangerous message

Hello Since the new download options (Open, Save as, etc ...), regularly when I download a file, I have the information that this file can be potentially dangerous for my PC (which is not all the...

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Sep 03, 2020

tistou Thanks for reaching out! To confirm, do you mean that you want to unilaterally stop seeing the warning message? If so, can you tell us how that would improve your experience?

Fawkes (they/them)
Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

tistou
Bronze Contributor
Sep 03, 2020
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I found, I have to enable "Microsoft Defender SmartScreen" to no longer get this warning...
Really weird

Windows Defender is disabled, I am using another antivirus
- bhkumar007
  Microsoft
  Oct 09, 2020
  tistou Microsoft Defender SmartScreen and Windows Defender are different things. Enabling SmartScreen in Edge doesn't change Anti-virus settings.
  - tistou
    Bronze Contributor
    Oct 09, 2020
    bhkumar007
    
    Yes I leave it enabled so as not to have the message
    But I thought it was quite the opposite,
    Having the Smart Screen disabled = no warning message
tistou
Bronze Contributor
Sep 03, 2020
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Hello

That's it, with IE and Classic Edge, I always disabled this message
I am careful with what I download, and I wish I could download without having this warning

Thanks
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  Sep 03, 2020
  tistou I appreciate the clarification! I'll ask the team and let you know if they have any insights.
  
  Fawkes (they/them)
  Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
  - tistou
    Bronze Contributor
    Sep 03, 2020
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    Thanks and you're welcome