Policy

Turn on heuristics

This policy setting allows you to configure heuristics. Suspicious detections will be suppressed right before reporting to the engine client. Turning off heuristics will reduce the capability to flag new threats. It is recommended that you do not turn off heuristics. If you enable or do not configure this setting, heuristics will be enabled. If you disable this setting, heuristics will be disabled.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryWindows Components / Microsoft Defender Antivirus / Scan
Policy ID958d771476b6
Internal nameScan_DisableHeuristics

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan\DisableHeuristics (enabled) = 0
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan\DisableHeuristics (disabled) = 1

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to configure heuristics. Suspicious detections will be suppressed right before reporting to the engine client. Turning off heuristics will reduce the capability to flag new threats. It is recommended that you do not turn off heuristics. If you enable or do not configure this setting, heuristics will be enabled. If you disable this setting, heuristics will be disabled.

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