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Notifications finally define if and when notifications are displayed to the user of the system. The privacy toggles control automatic sample submissions among other things. The General list includes toggles for many Microsoft Defender security features, including PUA protection, behavior monitoring, network protection, or Controlled Folder Access. The Basic tab lists more options divided into the groups General, Privacy and Notifications. Other options include updating and resetting signatures, running scans, adding items to the list of exclusions, and to open certain administrative pages, such as Windows Update, the protection history and quarantine, or the Defender Security log. There are also toggles for starting Microsoft Defender with Windows, and to switch between the DefenderUI's light and dark mode.

The Home tab lists toggles for several features, including real-time protection, cloud-delivered protection and Windows Firewall. The interface uses tabs to display all available Defender settings. Users of the app may switch between profiles at any time, and settings are set accordingly. Default Profile - Microsoft Defender's default profile.Aggressive Profile - most secure profile.Interactive Profile - more secure than recommended.Recommended Profile - unlocks some of the hidden features of Microsoft Defender.The following four profiles are supported currently:

It lists security profiles on first run that users select as a base configuration. The program is compatible with Windows 10 and Windows 11, and uses a profile-based approach to security. Many options and features are not accessible via the Windows Defender Security Center, they need to be managed via the Registry, Group Policy, or PowerShell instead.ĭefenderUI offers a configuration interface for all-things Microsoft Defender. The nested approach makes it difficult and time consuming to manage Defender. Microsoft moved many options to the Settings application. Managing Microsoft Defender is not a straightforward process.

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