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How do I disable security scan on MS edge?

Anonymous
2020-08-25T13:29:45+00:00

Setting "Microsoft Defender SmartScreen" does not works.

It's disabled, but it does not affects - all downloading files still go to 'scanning for viruses'.

I tried to restart browser.

Windows/browser info:

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 10

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  1. paulr0511 39,635 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-08-25T14:38:11+00:00

    Good day frolov.ivan! I am Independent Advisor Paul R. and also a Microsoft/Windows user like you and I am glad to be able to provide assistance to you today.
    Based from the photo that you have sent is that Microsoft Defender Smart Screen is off.
    Kindly try to click on the toggle slider and it will turn on and also click on the toggle slider below it (Block potentially unwanted apps) and see how it goes.

    Reference link for MS Edge Smarts Screen: https://support.microsoft.com/microsoft-edge/how-can-smartscreen-help-protect-me-in-microsoft-edge-1c9a874a-6826-be5e-45b1-67fa445a74c8

    Regards,
    Paul R.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-25T14:47:53+00:00

    Just because you disable Smartscreen doesn't mean you've disabled your antivirus software from scanning downloads. Smartscreen is a pseudo-webbased service that checks your download against lists. So yes, you unwisely have it turned off.

    What you see scanning the download is the browser tied in with your antivirus software.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-25T21:27:14+00:00

    Microsoft Defender SmartScreen setting does not control AV scanning of the downloads. It is more for site/file reputation checks to protect user from phishing or malware attacks. So you can simply enable it again

    There are no settings in Microsoft Edge currently to disable anti-virus scanning due to security reasons. May I know the scenario where you would want your AV software to not scan the file?

    Although it is not recommended to so due to security reasons but if you are really looking for the solution, then disabling Anti-Virus software might be one option( you can look through specific AV vendor's documentation for how to achieve that and disable only specific functionalities), but it will leave your device vulnerable from security perspective

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-09-23T06:54:15+00:00

    There are no settings in Microsoft Edge currently to disable anti-virus scanning due to security reasons. May I know the scenario where you would want your AV software to not scan the file?

    "May I know the scenario where you would want your AV software to not scan the file" - there are a lot reasons why this is not needs: when I'm downloading my files coulds (dropbox, google photos, google drive etc), when downloading my repos from github/gitlab, any other case when I'm downloading **my files from different places.**There are no any reasons why it should be scann...

    It's really annoying, especially when in any other browser I'm getting my files 5-10x faster!!

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