#APP & BROWSER CONTROL INSTALL#

Microsoft will quarantine any PUAs it detects and let you choose whether to go ahead and install it on your device. Note that turning on Block appsВ or Block downloads wonвЂ™t block all apps or downloads, just the ones that Microsoft deems suspicious. There, youвЂ™l have the option to delete it, leave it in an isolated вЂњquarantineвЂќ state or allow it on your system. Microsoft will quarantine the PUA if it detects it. As of this month, the reputation-based protection will be on by default. YouвЂ™ll also see a вЂњmasterвЂќ toggle switch to turn of reputation-based protection entirely, though itвЂ™s not recommended. Block appsВ would be used to fend off apps before download within Chrome or another browser, because Windows Defender will examine those apps only after theyвЂ™ve been downloaded. Block downloads works at the browser level, but only with Microsoft Edge. Under Potentially unwanted app blocking youвЂ™ll see two toggle options, Block apps and Block downloads. HereвЂ™s where you can find the Windows 10 reputation-protection settings. Go to the Windows SecurityВ app via the Windows 10 Settings menu or Windows 10 search box, then to App & browser controlВ >В Reputation-based protection. If thatвЂ™s true, you can still toggle what Microsoft calls вЂњreputation-based protectionвЂќ on and off inside the Windows 10 Settings menu. After all, you might want to download a cryptominer to generate a bit of extra income, or an app that distributes updates via an attached BitTorrent client that youвЂ™re aware of and accept. вЂњStarting inВ early August 2021 weвЂ™ll beginВ turning it on by default to make it easier for you to keep your systems performing at their best,вЂќ Microsoft says.ДЇiltering apps, of course, can lead to errors. Microsoft already offered you the capability of automatically filtering PUAs as part of the Windows Update, though it was off by default. Microsoft is becoming slightly more aggressive in how it treats PUAs.