How to set and turn off the WIN8 filter feature

Win8 system's SmartScreen Filter function has been very powerful, it is mainly used to detect phishing sites and to prevent the harm of malicious software, improve system security protection capabilities, so how to set your WIN8 filter for your system security is very helpful, let's take a look at it.

To set the WIN8 filter feature:

Touch screen users can use their fingers from the right edge of the screen to move to the middle, from the Super button menu to select "Search", and then select "Settings" category, keyboard users can press the "win+w" shortcut keys, into the Win8 "set search." When you enter "Smart" in the search box, the search results for "Change SmartScreen Filter Settings" appear immediately to the left.

Click "Change SmartScreen Filter Settings" to go directly to Win8 's operations center and select the "Change SmartScreen Filter Settings" text option on the left.

You can also press the shortcut key "Win X" to open the Win8 Quick Link menu and select "Control Panel-Action Center-Change Windows SmartScreen Filter Settings" To enter the settings interface.

The Windows SmartScreen Settings page for the WIN8 system has three options, which are the default "require administrator approval before running an unrecognized application from the Internet" and "warn before running an unrecognized application from the Internet," However, administrator approval is not required and no action is performed (Turn off SmartScreen Filter).

To turn off the WIN8 filter feature:

Sometimes when we install the application or test software, in order to protect the system, there will be "SmartScreen filter has blocked the download", this time we need to temporarily close the filter, read the above set the filter tutorial, it is very easy to close it. Friends who want to turn off the WIN8 system SmartScreen Filter feature can choose a third option here.

The tutorial on setting up and closing the WIN8 filter is here, finally, I would like to tell you that after installing the application or testing software, it is best to turn on the filter function, after all, it exists for the security of the system, and the filter feature will send part of the application information to the Microsoft server to see if it is safe, This feature will not violate the privacy of users, so open it, more than a guarantee of more security.