Enable or Disable Microsoft Defender PUA Protection in Windows 10  

Thank you Dimitri. I have updated Option Two to add this. :)

Set-MpPreference is a bunch of PS command, which can be useful.

Brink said:

Thank you Dimitri. I have updated Option Two to add this. :)

Anytime Shawn!

To test that PUA protection is working, there is now an EICAR test file you can try downloading.

If you click on this link to the Potentially Unwanted Application ‘test’ file, your system will attempt to download a simulated Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA). This file is NOT actually malicious, but by an industry wide agreement this file is detected as if it were malicious when the option to Block Potentially Unwanted Applications is enabled.

https://www.amtso.org/feature-settin...-applications/

This is Defender PUA protection in action in Windows 10 Home...

Thank you @Bree. I added this to the tutorial to help folks test their PUP protection. :)

Tutorial updated to add Option 3 to enable or disable Windows Defender PUA protection in Local Group Policy Editor.

Hmmm, Security completely prevented the download. No Restart recommended.

Wiley Coyote said:

Hmmm, Security completely prevented the download. No Restart recommended.

Prevented what download?