If you are using Windows 11 or Windows 10 and you have not set up an alternative antivirus, you are using Windows security. Windows security is a set of security features built into Windows by default.
Windows security includes the following security features to protect Windows. This is a antivirus, account security, firewall, app and browser management, and device security. Each protection also contains sub-functions.
If changes occur or a threat is detected in Windows, Windows Security will send a notification to the logged in user. This is a notification that you will see in the lower right corner Windows 11 or Windows 10. This one notifications will then end up in the action center where you can read them again.
In Windows, you can customize the notifications or critical information you receive from any of the Windows Security security features. For each security function you can set whether or not you want to receive notifications.
Manage notifications you receive from Windows Security
To get started, you need to open Windows Security. You do this by right-clicking on the Start button. Then click on Settings in the menu.
On the left side of the menu, click on “Privacy and Security” and then on “Windows Security”.
Then click the “Open Windows Security” button.
Click the “Settings” gear icon at the bottom left of Windows Security.
In the “Notifications” settings, click the “Manage notifications” link.
You can manage notifications for three different security features in Windows here. These are the virus and threat protection notification, account security notifications, and notifications related to the Windows firewall.
You can choose to enable or disable informational notifications per security feature. To immediately disable all notifications per security function, click on “Receive informational notifications” and change the function to “Off”. You will no longer receive notifications about this security feature.
Manage virus and threat protection notifications
You can also manage activity per type of security feature whether you want to receive notifications or not. You then change the “Receive informative notifications” to “On” and can then select the next notification that you want to receive. These are for virus and threat protection, the following notifications.
- Recent activity and scan results.
- Threats found, but no need to respond immediately.
- Files or activity are blocked.
Manage account security notifications
In addition to messages about virus protection in Windows, messages about other security functions are also shown. These are account security and firewall and network security notifications.
To disable all account security notifications, change the “Receive account security notifications” option to “Off”. If you set the account security notification to “On”, you can indicate whether you want to receive a notification for the next activity.
- Problems with Windows hello.
- Problems with dynamic locking.
Manage Windows firewall notifications
As the Windows firewall blocks an app on a specific network profile, you will see a message about this. You can indicate in the “Notifications about firewall and network security” whether or not you want to receive notifications. If you would like to receive notifications, you can set which firewall profile you want to receive a notification for.
Also read: Reset Windows firewall.
I hope this has helped you manage Windows security notifications on a Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC. Thank you for reading!