Windows Defender Antivirus, which comes with the Windows 10 software platform, will block the installation of Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUA) by default. According to the available data, this innovation will appear along with the update, which will be released this month. PUA protection will be automatically activated on Windows 10 from August 2021.

Microsoft claims that the installation of potentially unwanted software results in reduced performance and performance, increased advertising content, and in some cases, downloads of dangerous software. The developers note that potentially unwanted applications are not malicious, but they are products that do not need to be installed. These include ad clients, torrent clients, miners, OS optimizers, or just software that has a bad reputation.