Turn off the SmartScreen Filter in Internet Explorer 11, 10, 9, and 8
It takes just a few steps through IE’s menu bar to get this done.
More on Internet Explorer Phishing Filters
With the SmartScreen Filter, every download and website is checked against an ever-growing list of phishing and malware sites. If the filter finds something suspicious, it prompts you to exit the page or continue through to the unsafe website. If you were troubleshooting a problem, repeat whatever steps caused your problem to see if disabling the SmartScreen Filter in Internet Explorer has corrected it. Downloads from reportedly harmful websites are also blocked when the SmartScreen Filter is enabled, so you can only download those kinds of files by disabling the SmartScreen Filter. Downloads that are accepted through the filter are those that have been downloaded by many people and are therefore considered safe, as well as files that have not yet been explicitly marked as dangerous. You can check a specific website that you suspect is dangerous, through the same menu as above; just choose the Check this website option from that menu.
