Policy

Notify Unsafe App

Microsoft Windows

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Windows Defender SmartScreen > Enhanced Phishing Protection
Supported on
At least Windows 11 Version 22H2

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 passwords in Notepad, Winword, or M365 Office apps like OneNote, Word, Excel, etc. If you enable this policy setting, Enhanced Phishing Protection in Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warns your users if they store their password in text editor apps. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting, Enhanced Phishing Protection in Microsoft Defender SmartScreen will not warn users if they store their password in text editor apps.

Internal name
NotifyUnsafeApp
Policy ID
1f532507488c
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WTDS\Components
Value name
NotifyUnsafeApp
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WTDS\Components
Value name
NotifyUnsafeApp
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.