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Microsoft Defender flags legitimate Google search links as malicious

Microsoft is investigating an issue causing the Defender for Office 365 security software to mistakenly block access to legitimate Google search links. [...]

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Microsoft is investigating an issue causing the Defender for Office 365 security software to mistakenly flag legitimate Google search links as malicious. The company first acknowledged the incident (tracked under MO1465962 ) at 10:30 AM UTC and says affected users are seeing "Opening this website might not be safe" warnings when trying to open the blocked hyperlinks.

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