diff --git a/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/configure-block-at-first-sight-windows-defender-antivirus.md b/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/configure-block-at-first-sight-windows-defender-antivirus.md index 54a19e1f41..45adf2a6af 100644 --- a/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/configure-block-at-first-sight-windows-defender-antivirus.md +++ b/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/configure-block-at-first-sight-windows-defender-antivirus.md @@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ You can also [customize the message displayed on users' desktops](https://docs.m When a Windows Defender Antivirus client encounters a suspicious but undetected file, it queries our cloud protection backend. The cloud backend will apply heuristics, machine learning, and automated analysis of the file to determine the files as malicious or clean. -The Block at First Sight feature only uses the cloud protection backend for executable files and non-portable executable files (such as JS, VBS, or macros) that are downloaded from the Internet, or originating from the Internet zone. A hash value of the .exe file is checked via the cloud backend to determine if this is a previously undetected file. +In Windows 10, version 1803, the Block at first sight feature can now block non-portable executable files (such as JS, VBS, or macros) as well as executable files. + +The Block at First Sight feature only uses the cloud protection backend for executable files and non-portable executable files that are downloaded from the Internet, or originating from the Internet zone. A hash value of the .exe file is checked via the cloud backend to determine if this is a previously undetected file. diff --git a/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/utilize-microsoft-cloud-protection-windows-defender-antivirus.md b/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/utilize-microsoft-cloud-protection-windows-defender-antivirus.md index c4fb7fbc8c..a3b17974a0 100644 --- a/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/utilize-microsoft-cloud-protection-windows-defender-antivirus.md +++ b/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/utilize-microsoft-cloud-protection-windows-defender-antivirus.md @@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ ms.pagetype: security ms.localizationpriority: medium author: andreabichsel ms.author: v-anbic -ms.date: 04/17/2018 +ms.date: 04/30/2018 --- # Use next-gen technologies in Windows Defender Antivirus through cloud-delivered protection **Applies to:** -- Windows 10, version 1703 +- Windows 10, version 1703 and later **Audience** @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ To understand how next-gen technologies shorten protection delivery time through -Read the following blogposts for detailed protection stories involving cloud-protection and Microsoft AI: +Read the following blog posts for detailed protection stories involving cloud-protection and Microsoft AI: - [Why Windows Defender Antivirus is the most deployed in the enterprise](https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/2018/03/22/why-windows-defender-antivirus-is-the-most-deployed-in-the-enterprise/) - [Behavior monitoring combined with machine learning spoils a massive Dofoil coin mining campaign](https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/2018/03/07/behavior-monitoring-combined-with-machine-learning-spoils-a-massive-dofoil-coin-mining-campaign/) diff --git a/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/windows-defender-antivirus-in-windows-10.md b/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/windows-defender-antivirus-in-windows-10.md index 541ca154a0..f4fd6c9ff9 100644 --- a/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/windows-defender-antivirus-in-windows-10.md +++ b/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/windows-defender-antivirus-in-windows-10.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ms.pagetype: security ms.localizationpriority: medium author: andreabichsel ms.author: v-anbic -ms.date: 04/17/2018 +ms.date: 04/30/2018 --- # Windows Defender Antivirus in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 @@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ Some of the highlights of Windows Defender AV include: >- Fast learning (including Block at first sight) >- Potentially unwanted application blocking +## What's new in Windows 10, version 1803 + +In Windows 10, version 1803, Windows Defender AV can now block non-portable executable files (such as JS, VBS, or macros) as well as executable files. + ## What's new in Windows 10, version 1703 New features for Windows Defender AV in Windows 10, version 1703 include: