Prevent Bypassing Windows Defender Smartscreen Prompts for Files
Prevent Bypassing Windows Defender Smartscreen Prompts for Files
This policy setting lets you decide whether employees can override the Windows Defender SmartScreen warnings about downloading unverified files.
If you enable this setting, employees can’t ignore Windows Defender SmartScreen warnings and they are blocked from downloading the unverified files.
If you disable or don’t configure this setting, employees can ignore Windows Defender SmartScreen warnings and continue the download process.
Supported on: Microsoft Edge on Windows 10, Version 1511 or later
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Microsoft\MicrosoftEdge\PhishingFilter |
| Value Name | PreventOverrideAppRepUnknown |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Enabled Value | 1 |
| Disabled Value | 0 |
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