Downloading a malicious file

Update: Starting in version 91, Microsoft Edge will interrupt downloads that lack the required gesture. Commands named Keep and Delete are available from the … menu on the download item to allow the user to continue or cancel the download. While users are unlikely to encounter download interruptions for sites they use every day, they might encounter them for legitimate downloads on sites that they use rarely. To help streamline the user-experience for Enterprises, a Group Policy is available.

This allows the Excel to download Macros. So the steps in this scam are — 1. The initial email luring a visitor into visiting a webpage. The Excel file downloads and the victim opens it.

The Excel file tricks the victim enables content, thus downloading Macros and infecting their device with malware. Editor's Note: The threat of malware, including a rise in ransomware and 'extortionware', is only rising. Make sure you have good security software installed. Our editor's choice security software is currently over half price off. Use caution with email attachments and files. See How to recognize phishing email messages, links, or phone calls.

To learn more about how malware works and how to prevent malware infection, see Help prevent malware infection on your PC. If your organization uses Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection and a file is blocked that you think should not be, you'll need some help from a Microsoft administrator who can research the issue and, potentially, unblock the file. To learn more about what Microsoft administrators do, see About Microsoft admin roles. Protect your account and devices from hackers and malware.

Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. On some occasions, however, you may find SmartScreen overstepping its bounds and blocking you from downloading a file you know to be safe. I don't recommend turning SmartScreen off completely because it is helpful in preventing you from downloading a malicious file or app, but you can disable it in Microsoft's Edge browser if you want to override its protection and go ahead and download a file it doesn't recognize.

You can disable SmartScreen in the Windows Defender Security Center app in total or just for Edge, but for the latter it's faster to do so right within Edge itself, particularly if you are already using Edge. If you can't clean your computer from worms and viruses, adwares and spywares, then you should try with this software.

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