Activate anti-Adware for Windows Defender on Windows 10

An important feature and is being hidden in the Windows Defender on Windows 10.


Recent information about computers that have installed some Adware software are available to users more concerned about personal privacy issues. Before this the worry, Microsoft has also just announced that they've improved and added some additional features for the Windows Defender security add-on on Windows 10 in order to prevent the installation of unwanted advertising application (Potentially Unwanted Application or PUA)-simply referred to as anti-Adware-but only for the customers who use the Microsoft version of the Enterprise.



Besides, Microsoft is not clear why only the Enterprise version of Windows new features Potentially Unwanted Application, whereas the Windows version for small business users and individuals did not.

However, whether is not armed but Microsoft hidden features in Windows Defender in Windows version 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro, now you can activate it by doing the following.

WIN + R key combination to invoke the RUN dialog and enter the command "regedit", then press ENTER to launch the Registry Editor.


Access to the path "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender"





Right click on Windows Defender and select New > Key commands.






Create a new key called "MpEngine".







When finished, the MpEngine created you click to select it and to the operation window on the left, right-click and choose New DWORD > (32-bit) Value.







Name this DWORD is "MpEnablePus" and set the value for it is "1".




That's it, you now restart Windows for the change to take effect.

Now when you restart Windows, Windows Defender will instantly scan and block potentially unwanted programs in the system and prevent download them from Internet Explorer or Windows Edge.







After you enable Potentially Unwanted Application for, try try to install Adware common name "OpenCandy" then Windows Defender immediately detect and delete it immediately. Pretty great, right?







This is a much needed tips and you should be taken to avoid the dangerous Adware software install. I hope the article will be useful to you.

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