Policy
Configure Microsoft Edge Scareware blocker protection
Microsoft Edge
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows7
This policy setting allows administrators to control whether Microsoft Edge enables Scareware blocker, an AI-powered feature for protecting users from potential tech scams. To support this feature, Microsoft Edge downloads a machine learning model file from Microsoft to the device. If you enable or don’t configure this policy, Microsoft Edge Scareware blocker uses local AI to detect potential tech scams. If you disable this policy, Microsoft Edge Scareware blocker is disabled. The machine learning model file doesn't download to the device, and if downloaded, a deletion occurs. When this policy is enabled, the policies 'ScarewareBlockerBlocksDetectedSitesEnabled' (Configure Microsoft Edge scareware blocker to block sites detected as potential tech scams), 'ScarewareBlockerSendDetectedSitesToSmartScreenEnabled' (Configure Microsoft Edge Scareware blocker to share URLs of sites detected as potential tech scams with Microsoft Defender SmartScreen), and 'ScarewareBlockerAllowListDomains' (Configure the list of domains where Microsoft Edge Scareware blockers don't run) are used to configure the behavior of the Scareware blocker feature. If both of those policies are disabled, enabling this policy has no effect. When this policy is disabled, the policies 'ScarewareBlockerBlocksDetectedSitesEnabled', 'ScarewareBlockerSendDetectedSitesToSmartScreenEnabled', and 'ScarewareBlockerAllowListDomains' have no effect.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended Value name ScarewareBlockerProtectionEnabled | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 HKCU 1 | HKLM 0 HKCU 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.