The company also includes many shields and other security features in its operating system to ensure users work with it without much difficulty. However, the feature in their highly rated security suite, Microsoft Defender Application Guard, is about to be eliminated.
Microsoft Defender Application Guard is one of the shields that helps quarantine untrusted programs and websites
Microsoft Defender Application Guard is the application protection shield of the Microsoft Defender antivirus engine that allows users to quarantine untrusted programs and websites so that if they contain a threat, it does not affect the rest. of the system.
This shield is specifically designed for untrusted programs downloaded from the internet, then extended to web browsers as extensions, as well as Microsoft Office to protect users from threats hidden in Word, Excel and other suites of programs.
In 2023, Microsoft announced it would stop providing this security shield in Windows 11 without giving much explanation. By the end of last year, these features were no longer supported, although they still worked on previously installed systems. But now, everything is about to end.
Microsoft has announced that the shield's Chrome and Edge extensions will be shut down first. This extension is responsible for analyzing the websites the user has visited, and if any of them is considered potentially dangerous, it will be opened separately so that the PC is not at risk. . However, this extension will not work with Manifest V3, the new version of the extension permissions and operations tool in Chrome. This means that when V3 is deployed, the Microsoft Defender Application Guard extension will be completely disabled.
Although the change will not affect home users too much because Microsoft Defender Application Guard is designed for organizations and businesses, Microsoft recommends that users look for alternatives to stay protected. from potentially dangerous websites.
