{"id":35,"date":"2017-11-10T17:50:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T17:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?p=35"},"modified":"2017-11-16T16:44:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T16:44:08","slug":"windows-10-smartscreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/disable\/windows-10-smartscreen\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable SmartScreen in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The SmartScreen filter is a technology, which was initially designed for Internet Explorer to protect users from malicious websites and web applications. It was integrated with IE8 and IE9.<\/p>\n<p>If enabled, the Windows SmartScreen filter sends information about every application you download and run to Microsoft\u2019s servers, where that information will be analyzed and compared with their malicious apps database. If Windows gets a negative feedback about the app from the server, it will prevent you from running the app.<\/p>\n<h3>Here is How to Disable SmartScreen:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>STEP 1: In the Start menu, navigate to the letter &#8220;W&#8221; using the alphabet navigation feature of the new menu and click the &#8220;W&#8221; letter in the grid as shown below.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-open-security-center.png\" alt=\"windows-10-open-security-center\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 2: You will find the shortcut to the new <b>Security Center app<\/b>. Run it.<\/li>\n<li>STEP 3: Click the icon <b>App &#038; browser control<\/b>.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-App-and-browser-control.png\" alt=\"windows-10-App-and-browser-control\"  class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 4: To <b>disable<\/b> SmartScreen for <b>Desktop apps<\/b>, select the Off option under <b>Check apps and files<\/b>.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/Windows-10-Disable-SmartScreen-1.png\" alt=\"Windows-10-Disable-SmartScreen-1\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>STEP 5: To <b>disable<\/b> SmartScreen for Microsoft Edge, select the Off option under <b>SmartScreen for Microsoft Edge<\/b>.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/Windows-10-Disable-SmartScreen-2.png\" alt=\"Windows-10-Disable-SmartScreen-2\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is how to disable SmartScreen in Windows 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - 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