Microsoft Office Potential Security Concern

Question

I added a scheduling link to my email signature. When I click on it, I get a Microsoft Office Potential Security Concern message warning me about opening hyperlinks. The warning gives me the option to cancel or open. Is there a way to whitelist the link somehow so people don't get that warning when they receive an email from me?

Answer 1

Hi

No, there isn't a way to stop the warning when you click on a hyperlink. It will always display.

It's too bad Anna does not know this fact.

Answer 2

This is a standard warning that I give whenever I see a thread had a message from a support scammer. You may have not seen the message (it was deleted from the forum), but if you had subscribed to the thread you would have received an email with the scam message. Just in case, here's my warning:

Do NOT respond to replies asking you to contact Microsoft Support, Executive, agent, tech, MVP, advisor or anyone else.

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No legitimate person or entity will ever ask you to call or contact them. Do not call phone numbers. Do not reply to email messages. Do not click links to phony agents in your web browser.

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Questions and comments are answered in the forums themselves, not elsewhere.

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A request asking you to contact someone is fake. It is an attempt to take over your computer, steal your data, your money and your identity.

Protect yourself from phishing schemes and other forms of online fraud - Office Support

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Support scam

I Just Fell For a PC Support Scam, Now What?

Answer 3

Hello Margiecoltharp,

Thanks for your information. As far as I known there’s no way to white list a link in Office. May I know if your Outlook for Mac client version is 16.37? For some users reported the similar issue in this version and has fixed it by updating. Please try to check updates for Outlook for Mac to see if you would still see this error, the latest version should be 16.41: Update history for Office for Mac.

If you still see this issue after updating, to better help you, I recommend you reach our dedicated channel in Outlook menu bar -> Help -> Contact Support to see if they can give some further clue regrading this error message. Meanwhile, you’re recommended to share any updates from them, so that other members in this forum can be benefited from it.

Best Regards,

Anna