Network protection demonstrations

Article
10/26/2022
2 minutes to read

Network Protection helps reduce the attack surface of your devices from Internet-based events. It prevents employees from using any application to access dangerous domains that may host phishing scams, exploits, and other malicious content on the Internet.

Scenario requirements and setup

Windows 10 1709 build 16273, Windows 11
Microsoft Defender Antivirus

PowerShell command

Set-MpPreference -EnableNetworkProtection Enabled

Rule states

State	Mode	Numeric value
Disabled	= Off	0
Enabled	= Block mode	1
Audit	= Audit mode	2

Verify configuration

Get-MpPreference

Scenario

Turn on Network Protection using powershell command:
```
Set-MpPreference -EnableNetworkProtection Enabled
```
Using the browser of your choice (not Microsoft Edge*), navigate to the Network Protection website test. Microsoft Edge has other security measures in place to protect from this vulnerability (SmartScreen).

Expected results

Navigation to the website should be blocked and you should see a Connection blocked notification.

Clean-up

Set-MpPreference -EnableNetworkProtection Disabled