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by anakic 1243 days ago
No idea, haven't seen this until now. Hopefully they provide a mechanism for allowing legitimate addins to get around it. Perhaps using a code signing cert (which I do) or an EV certificate would be appropriate. Security has been a bit of nightmare with Excel addins. I've had to deal with false positives on and off again a bunch of times already. First it was windows smart screen, then antivirus vendors every so often. It's a slog...
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Typically you can go into the file properties and check the “Unblock” checkbox to remove what Microsoft calls the “Mark of the Web”.