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How to Whitelist chocolatey installer under Powershell_DownloadString?

Xolo123
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There are a lot of security alerts for "Powershell DownloadString" for Chocolatey installer. Is there a way to whitelist that alert keeping in mind that there was a recent attack - "Serpent Backdoor Slithers into Orgs Using Chocolatey Installer". 

Ref links:

https://threatpost.com/serpent-backdoor-chocolatey-installer/179027/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/serpent-malware-campaign-abuses-chocolatey-windows-pa... 

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