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In this case, put the servers in a special group and change the anti-virus and HIPS policy used for that group as shown below. See Check which policies a group uses. All rights reserved. Legal details. Sophos Enterprise Console 5. 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.

I have no any third-party AV soft, and in any other browser such behavior missing , so the problem in Edge. Or is this means that Edge has some relationship with Microsoft build-in AV soft and calling it when downloading? The scenario is that Edge typically takes a very long time up to several minutes to scan downloaded files, even when the files are tiny. I haven't had such experience with Edge.

It is a standard behavior for the browsers to allow AVs whichever is default Anti-virus on the system to scan any new downloads before user can access it. Seems like AV is taking long in this scenario. Again, this is not recommended as it creates a security loophole.

If it's just the archive. It interrupts almost every file I download these days. It gets more and more annoying. I can't even download some files from Microsoft without it complaining about something. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.

Please note that disabling virus protection also disables real-time spyware, e-mail, and instant message protection. To disable virus protection 1. On the Windows taskbar, next to the clock, double-click the McAfee M icon.

Please know that you can customize your Windows 7 System Tray. Learn how to customize the notification area in Windows 7. Note: If you are unable to see the Configure link, click the Advanced Menu link.

Note: If real-time protection is configured to start when Windows starts, your computer is automatically protected when you restart the computer.

Virus protection continuously monitors your computer for virus activity; therefore, it is important that you enable virus protection on your computer.