Policy
Notify Malicious
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows11
This policy setting determines whether Enhanced Phishing Protection in Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warns your users if they type their work or school password into one of the following malicious scenarios: into a reported phishing site, into a Microsoft login URL with an invalid certificate, or into an application connecting to either a reported phishing site or a Microsoft login URL with an invalid certificate. If you enable this policy setting, Enhanced Phishing Protection in Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warns your users if they type their work or school password into one of the malicious scenarios described above and encourages them to change their password. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting, Enhanced Phishing Protection in Microsoft Defender SmartScreen will not warn your users if they type their work or school password into one of the malicious scenarios described above.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WTDS\Components Value name NotifyMalicious | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 | HKLM 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.