Policy

Notify Unsafe App

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.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryWindows Components / Windows Defender SmartScreen / Enhanced Phishing Protection
Policy ID1f532507488c
Internal nameNotifyUnsafeApp

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WTDS\Components\NotifyUnsafeApp (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WTDS\Components\NotifyUnsafeApp (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

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.

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