Keeping the SmartScreen “always-on” is advisable, as it’s the easiest way to lớn protect your device from undetectable threats. But sometimes you may want to lớn temporarily deactivate this setting to download a game or application you know is safe but is flagged by SmartScreen. The following guide shows how to lớn disable the SmartScreen Filter in Windows 10.
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Note: even if you don’t want to run such an unknown file through SmartScreen, before downloading, you can check for potential malware online at this link.
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What Is the SmartScreen Filter?
SmartScreen works as an early warning system lớn let a user know whether a site or tiện ích is suspicious or a downloaded file wasn’t found in its list of safe software programs. It essentially uses a big database of whitelisted và blacklisted sites khổng lồ analyze whether a given thing is safe to lớn open.
It runs in the background on Windows 10 and will usually manifest as a big blue box saying “Windows protected your PC” by blocking a given program or website. If it’s a program, you’ll usually have the option to lớn “Run Anyway.” If SmartScreen pops up on a website you know is safe, you can click “More Information” & report it as a safe site.
Overall, SmartScreen is a handy security layer that you’re better off leaving on. However, there may be times when it’s getting in the way of you visiting sites or downloading things that you know are safe but just haven’t been verified by SmartScreen. At times lượt thích these, you should turn SmartScreen off.
Using App & Browser Control
The easiest way to lớn disable the SmartScreen filter is to lớn use a system settings menu called “App và Browser Control,” which can be accessed from the Start menu.
Scroll down khổng lồ Security, then switch the “Microsoft Defender SmartScreen” button to the Off position.
Using Group Policy Editor
Apart from the above methods, we will also explore some system or network administrator methods for alternative access khổng lồ the Windows Defender SmartScreen.
For system or network administrators, Windows has a specific policy setting within the Group Policy editor khổng lồ quickly disable the SmartScreen filter in Windows 10.
1. Open Group Policy Editor by searching for “gpedit.msc” in the Start menu. In the Policy Editor, go to lớn “Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> file Explorer.”
2. Find and double-click the “Configure Windows Defender SmartScreen” policy.
3. In the policy settings window, configure it as follows:
To disable the SmartScreen filter, select the radio option “Disabled.”To enable the SmartScreen filter, select “Enabled” & either select “Warn” or “Warn và prevent bypass” under the Options section.
