Discus and support Is Unwanted Potentially App BlockingPUA in Windows Defender settings is turned off by default? in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hi all! I'm a Windows 11 Home Single Language user. To begin with, I formatted my laptop 2 days ago and installed a thi...
Toggle On or Off Potentially unwanted app blocking switch Select if you want to Block apps, Block downloads, or both. Once you have done this, your Windows computer will be protected against Potentially Unwanted Application download. PUA protection will quarantine the PUP file and prevent them fr...
Windows 10 May 2020 Update, also known as Windows 10 2004, introduced a new potentially unwanted app protection in Microsoft Defender. Microsoft kept that setting off by default, allowing users to decide whether to use it or not. NowMicrosoft announcedthat it is enabling potentially unwanted app ...
Beginning with the Windows 10 May 2020 Update , Microsoft added Potentially Unwanted App blocking for everyone running Windows 10, but customers who wanted to use it had to turn it on. Starting in early August 2021, Microsoft set PUA protection to be on by default to...
To configure potentially unwanted app blocking go toStart>Settings>Update & Security>Windows Security>App & browser control>Reputation-based protection settings. There you'll find a control that lets you turn potentially unwanted app blocking off, and select if you want to block apps, downloads, ...
Enable the potentially unwanted application (PUA) antivirus feature to block unwanted software such as adware.
Here’s where you can find the Windows 10 reputation-protection settings. UnderPotentially unwanted app blockingyou’ll see two toggle options,Block appsandBlock downloads. Both have similar functions.Block downloadsworks at the browser level, but only with Microsoft Edge.Block appswould be used...
Scroll down toServices, and then turn onBlock potentially unwanted apps. Here is what users will see when a download is blocked by the feature (Note: PUA blocking requires Microsoft Defender SmartScreen to be enabled): To learn more about what Microsoft defines as PUA, see thecriteria in our...
Starting with the Windows 10 2004, the May 2020 update, Microsoft added a new 'Potentially unwanted app blocking' setting in Windows security that causes Microsoft Defender to block these types of applications. Since its release, this feature has been disabled by default, but starting this month...
Microsoft has added opt-in protection for Windows enterprise users that blocks potentially unwanted programs and applications.