EmbedPress flag: Microsoft Defender SmartScreen has blocked this unsafe content

  • Resolved kbdunne

    (@kbdunne)


    1 year, 11 months ago

    In Edge: Version 108.0.1462.46 (Official build) (64-bit)

    The embedpress plugin is being flagged as Unsafe Content by Microsoft Defender SmartScreen.

    Users have reported a red screen over the embedpress pdf location with Microsoft Defender SmartScreen has blocked this unsafe content.

    I have been able to replicate this and reported the URL as safe to Microsoft, however, it is not a great issue to have as my client is hosting their corporate presentation on this page.

    I checked on Chrome and firefox and it does seem to be an Edge browser specific issue, although I did find a 404 console warning on chrome dev tools :Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 () related to the plugin viewer properties /wp-content/plugins/embedpress/assets/pdf/web/locale/en-GB/viewer.properties

    Is there a solution to ensure that the plugin won’t get flagged as unsafe content? It is one of the best one’s I found, so I’d hate to have to replace it.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Support Zeba Afia Shama

    (@zebaafiashama)

    Hello @kbdunne,

    We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.

    We checked in from our end by uploading several PDFs, but we didn’t face any problem. Furthermore, we are extensively analyzing the issue with our devs team.

    Sometimes it happens due to sensitive contents like sensitive personal & business info, credit card numbers, contact info, or software activation keys etc. It would be great if you could try with new PDF file and let us know if you face the same issue or not. Meanwhile, we are collaborating with our QA & devs team to reproduce the issue.

    Looking forward to hearing from you.

    Regards,

    Thread Starter kbdunne

    (@kbdunne)

    Hi @zebaafiashama ,

    I tried another pdf, went to the desktop version of EDGE (I’ve noticed this doesn’t happen on Mobile Edge). Added a new PDF and immediately had the same issue with Potentially unsafe content flagged in EDGE.

    Have your devs found any reason why /wp-content/plugins/embedpress/assets/pdf/web/locale/en-GB/viewer.properties is flagged as a 404 on console? Could this be related?

    I created a duplicate of the page and updated the PDF, so you can see that the same issue is happening with the red warning for for the pdf plugin on this page as well: https://smallpharma.com/corporate-presentation-2/

    Regards,
    Kevin

    Plugin Support Zeba Afia Shama

    (@zebaafiashama)

    Hi @kbdunne

    Hope you are well. Our development team has confirmed that the console issue you are experiencing is not a result of our plugin.

    Please use this development version of the plugin and let us know whether you have the same problem or not.
    Here is the link: https://d.pr/f/9YwDAL

    Regards

    Plugin Support Zeba Afia Shama

    (@zebaafiashama)

    Hi @kbdunne

    How are you doing today?

    So, has your issue has been resolved? Can you please let us know?
    If you need further assistance, we will surely help you out.

    Thank You.

    Thread Starter kbdunne

    (@kbdunne)

    Hi @zebaafiashama, I’m afraid I didn’t get to trying the development version you provided. I needed a faster solution for my client and found that there was a lot of write ups online about non-specific plugin issues with pdfviewers using js and Edge marking them as unsafe content . Instead, I switched plugins to one that wasn’t being flagged, which got rid of the console error and the Microsoft defender warning on Edge Browsers.

    Thread Starter kbdunne

    (@kbdunne)

    The issue has been resolved by changing plugins

    I had the same problem: A red screen in MS Edge, but no problems in FF or Chrome. I clicked the link above to download the development version. This ended up downgrading from 3.6.4 to 3.6.3. The plugin now displays the PDF properly in MS Edge.

    What will be in the future?

    Plugin Support Zeba Afia Shama

    (@zebaafiashama)

    Hello @levseltzer

    I hope you are doing well.
    I am so sorry for the inconvenience.

    I would appreciate it if you would test this plugin’s dev version on your website and let me know if it solved your issue or not.

    The dev version of the plugin is available here: https://d.pr/f/7EuZn5

    If you use any caching plugins, please clear all of your cache and deactivate them before using this development version. Then, try installing this dev version plugin and using (ctrl + shift + R) to clear the browser’s cache to see if the issue has been resolved.

    If not, please share your website URL, and we will try to resolve this as soon as possible.

    Thank You.

    @zebaafiashama

    I installed the development version from the link you provided. It worked perfectly! No more red warning screen.

    Thank you very much!

    Plugin Support Zeba Afia Shama

    (@zebaafiashama)

    Hello @levseltzer

    Great to hear that it’s working fine.

    Please feel free to reach us anytime when you need help.

    And, If you like our plugin and support, kindly leave a 5-star review. It would help other users. 

    https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/embedpress/reviews/#new-post

    Have a nice day!?

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