Safe Links provides time-of-click protection to help prevent you from opening or accessing malicious links in email, Teams, and Office apps. Advanced Threat Protection analyzes the URLs for malicious behavior. This new capability is in addition to the URL reputation checks that Advanced Threat Protection already does. If you click a link during the scan, the message “This link is being scanned” is displayed. If the link is identified as malicious after the scan, a pop-window opens notifying the user that the file is malicious and warns the user against opening it.
Safe Attachments protects you from opening malicious email attachments and files in SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams. ATP enables you to remain productive during this scan time as you can read and respond to the email while the attachment is being scanned. ATP delivers emails to your inbox along with a “placeholder” attachment notifying the you that the real attachment is being scanned—all with minimal lag time.
