False positive when submitting App - "Windows Protected Your PC. Microsoft Defender Smartscreen prevented"

Question

Hello,

I'm getting a false positive when submitting my application - "Windows Protected Your PC. Microsoft Defender Smartscreen prevented". I have downloaded Edge and submitted the application multiple times indicating my application is safe but I have not heard anything back for weeks. Can you please help how to resolve this issue?

Thank you!

Answer 1

Good Evening.

I have had the same issue. The steps I took were as follows.

Find your program in your downloads folder.

Right Click

Properties

Check the Unblock box, then apply your new setting.

Then run the program again.

Hope this helps you out. Have a wonderful night.