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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 764161" data-attributes="member: 32260">There is an option in ConfigureDefender to activate Exploit Guard &#039;Network Protection&#039;. There were some doubts if it works properly on Windows 10 Home and Pro, because the examples from the standard SmartScreen demo page (<a href="https://demo.smartscreen.msft.net/other/malware.html" target="_blank">Demonstration malware website</a>) were not blocked by &#039;Network Protection&#039;, and Microsoft claims that this feature is supported only on Windows 10 Enterprise (E3 and E5).<a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-exploit-guard/windows-defender-exploit-guard" target="_blank">Use Windows Defender Exploit Guard to protect your network</a>First thing is that there is another demo page to test if &#039;Network Protection&#039; is enabled:<a href="https://smartscreentestratings2.net/" target="_blank">SmartScreen Test</a>But still, there is the question if &#039;Network Protection&#039; works in a similar way for non-Microsoft web browsers as SmartScreen for Edge and IE.So I made the direct test on Windows 10 Pro ver. 1803:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Found 20 phishing links that were blocked in Firefox by &#039;Network Protection&#039; feature (FireFox native web filtering disabled).</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The fact of blocking the links was confirmed by checking Windows Event Log entry 1126.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Any blocked link was also re-checked in Edge.</li>
</ol>In all cases, the links were also blocked by SmartScreen in Edge.Conclusion - &#039;Network Protection&#039; uses SmartScreen and works for sure on Windows 10 Pro.Edit.Exploit Guard &#039;Network Protection&#039; is supposed to work also outside web browsers. For example, if the malware tries to connect with the blacklisted web page, then it should be blocked, too.I did not make the test for Windows 10 Home, but I am pretty sure that &#039;Network Protection&#039; works also on the home version.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 764161, member: 32260"] There is an option in ConfigureDefender to activate Exploit Guard 'Network Protection'. There were some doubts if it works properly on Windows 10 Home and Pro, because the examples from the standard SmartScreen demo page ([URL='https://demo.smartscreen.msft.net/other/malware.html']Demonstration malware website[/URL]) were not blocked by 'Network Protection', and Microsoft claims that this feature is supported only on Windows 10 Enterprise (E3 and E5). [URL='https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-exploit-guard/windows-defender-exploit-guard']Use Windows Defender Exploit Guard to protect your network[/URL] First thing is that there is another demo page to test if 'Network Protection' is enabled: [URL='https://smartscreentestratings2.net/']SmartScreen Test[/URL] But still, there is the question if 'Network Protection' works in a similar way for non-Microsoft web browsers as SmartScreen for Edge and IE. So I made the direct test on Windows 10 Pro ver. 1803: [LIST=1] [*]Found 20 phishing links that were blocked in Firefox by 'Network Protection' feature (FireFox native web filtering disabled). [*]The fact of blocking the links was confirmed by checking Windows Event Log entry 1126. [*]Any blocked link was also re-checked in Edge. [/LIST] In all cases, the links were also blocked by SmartScreen in Edge. Conclusion - 'Network Protection' uses SmartScreen and works for sure on Windows 10 Pro. Edit. Exploit Guard 'Network Protection' is supposed to work also outside web browsers. For example, if the malware tries to connect with the blacklisted web page, then it should be blocked, too. I did not make the test for Windows 10 Home, but I am pretty sure that 'Network Protection' works also on the home version. [/QUOTE]

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