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Brass Contributor

Jul 14, 2021

SmartScreen - Can't report false positive block

Dear all, I've issues reporting false positive detection of SmartScreen in Edge. Downloads are blocked and due to policy users can't open the blocked file. When I click "Report file as safe" ...

Kelly_Y

Microsoft

Jul 14, 2021

FelixF Hello! I'm not sure why there are different experiences. But are you the owner of the file that is being blocked? There is a way to submit a file to Microsoft Defender SmartScreen for review. Please see the documentation for more information:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-smartscreen/microsoft-defender-smartscreen-overview#submit-files-to-microsoft-defender-smartscreen-for-review

Thanks!

-Kelly

FelixF

Brass Contributor

Jul 15, 2021

Kelly_Y Thanks for you response, I'll look into this.

But the main issue resides, why do I have this expirience on our corporate PC's? To me this seems either like a Bug or some Policy settings I'm not seeing.