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"Block Flash activation in Office documents" Security Recommendation
It seems like the security recommendation for the "Block Flash activation in Office documents" actually does the opposite of what is intended and overrides the disabled-by-default ability to load Flash components in Office documents.
The guidance states the following:
Remediation options
Set the following registry value:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\COM Compatibility\{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000}\activationfilteroverride
To the following value: 1
According to this Microsoft article [ Flash, Silverlight, and Shockwave controls blocked in Microsoft Office ], this is exactly what you'd do if you wanted to override the already disabled component.
Hi simcpk,
Thank you for your message.
We had a mistake in checking the expected value.
the problem already solved and you should see the correct recommendation in the portal.Thanks,
Haim
3 Replies
- Haim Goldshtein
Microsoft
Hi simcpk,
Thank you for your message.
We had a mistake in checking the expected value.
the problem already solved and you should see the correct recommendation in the portal.Thanks,
Haim
- HeikeRitter
simcpk this looks like a question for the office forum, not Microsoft Defender ATP or am I mistaken?
HeikeRitterit is a security recommendation in Windows Defender ATP. I would say it does belong here. Affects your security score. If it is enabled incorrectly we all need to know.
HeikeRitter wrote:simcpkthis looks like a question for the office forum, not Microsoft Defender ATP or am I mistaken?
