As a text-based communication platform, Slack is used to send a lot of messages.
One of the potential risks with online messages are links.
Links are URLs that link you to another webpage.
By clicking the link, you might expose yourself to the risk of malware or phishing attempts.
To help to protect its users, Slack marks links it thinks are malicious as potentially malicious.
If you regularly come across incorrect potentially malicious link warnings, you may want to choose to disable them.
it’s possible for you to do so from your preferences.
To access your preferences, tap on your profile picture in the top-right corner, then tap on Preferences.
choose your profile picture in the top-right corner, then choose Preferences.
Once in your preferences, switch to the Advanced tab and scroll to the bottom of the page.
Untick the last checkbox, labelled Warn me about potentially malicious links.
If you regularly receive incorrect warnings about potentially malicious links in Slack you may want to block the warnings.
By following the steps in this guide, it’s possible for you to disable those warnings.
