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re_bl
Brass Contributor
Feb 10, 2021

GPO PreventSmartScreenPromptOverrideForFiles

We have activated the following GPO => Prevent bypassing of Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warnings about downloads, as it's written in the Security Baseline. Now we have a Problem that an Internal W...
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Kelly_Y
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Feb 18, 2021

re_bl Thanks for following up!  I've reached out to the team to see if they have any recommendations.  We will follow up if they have any information/insights.  

 

-Kelly

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PeRich
Brass Contributor
Mar 17, 2021

Same here. Additionally disabled

 

If you disable this setting, "potentially unwanted app blocking with Microsoft Defender SmartScreen is turned off."