Turn on Windows Defender protection against Potentially Unwanted Applications

Information

If this setting is enabled, Windows Defender protects against Potentially Unwanted Applications. For more information, see https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmpc/2015/11/25/shields-up-on-potentially-unwanted-applications-in-your-enterprise/.

If this setting is disabled or not configured, Potentially Unwanted Application protection is disabled.

Solution

Policy Path: MS Security Guide
Policy Setting Name: Turn on Windows Defender protection against Potentially Unwanted Applications

See Also

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/secguide/2018/04/30/security-baseline-for-windows-10-april-2018-update-v1803-final/

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-3c.2.

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 1c74e814022d447899324287317581a4b0cdef8f675fd01cee73ea7002bff3c4