Turn on Windows Defender protection against Potentially Unwanted Applications (DEPRECATED)

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10

Registry

HKLM Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\MpEngine

Value name: MpEnablePus

Enabled: MpEnablePus = 1

Disabled: MpEnablePus = 0

Description

Beginning with Windows 10 v1809 and Windows Server v1809, this functionality should instead be configured through the following Group Policy setting: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Defender Antivirus\Configure detection for potentially unwanted applications.