
Hiding notifications can be useful in situations where you can't hide the entire Microsoft Defender Antivirus interface. Display additional, customized text on endpoints when the user needs to perform an action.Configure standard notifications on endpoints using Group Policy You can configure the display of additional notifications, such as recent threat detection summaries, in the Windows Security app and with Group Policy.ĭisabling additional notifications will not disable critical notifications, such as threat detection and remediation alerts. Configure antivirus notifications using Group Policy or the Windows Security app If you're part of your organization's security team, you can configure how notifications appear on endpoints, such as notifications that prompt for a system reboot or that indicate a threat has been detected and remediated. These notifications also appear in the Notification Center, and a summary of scans and threat detections appear at regular time intervals. Notifications follow both scheduled and manually triggered scans.

Microsoft Defender Antivirus notifications appear on endpoints when scans are completed and threats are detected.

In Windows 10 and Windows 11, application notifications about malware detection and remediation are more robust, consistent, and concise.
