Allow notifications to disable security intelligence based reports to Microsoft MAPS
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus > Security Intelligence Updates
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting allows you to configure the antimalware service to receive notifications to disable individual security intelligence in response to reports it sends to Microsoft MAPS. Microsoft MAPS uses these notifications to disable security intelligence that are causing false positive reports. You must have configured your computer to join Microsoft MAPS for this functionality to work. If you enable this setting or do not configure, the antimalware service will receive notifications to disable security intelligence. If you disable this setting, the antimalware service will not receive notifications to disable security intelligence.

Internal name
SignatureUpdate_SignatureDisableNotification
Policy ID
bbbed6d67113
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Signature Updates
Value name
SignatureDisableNotification
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Signature Updates
Value name
SignatureDisableNotification
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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