Cloud-delivered protection for Microsoft Defender Antivirus, also referred to as Microsoft Advanced Protection Service (MAPS), provides you with strong, fast protection in addition to our standard real-time protection.
Scenario requirements and setup
Windows 7, Windows 8.1 & Windows 10
Microsoft Defender Real-time protection is enabled
Cloud-delivered protection is enabled by default, however you may need to re-enable it if it has been disabled as part of previous organizational policies.
See the Enable cloud-delivered protection in Microsoft Defender AV topic for more information.
Click here to download the test file Important: The test file is not malicious, it is just a harmless file simulating a virus
If you see file blocked by Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, click on "View downloads" button
In Downloads menu right click on the blocked file and click on "Download unsafe file"
If successful you should see that "Microsoft Defender Antivirus" found a virus and deleted it
You might also see "Threat Found" notification from Microsoft Defender Security Center
If the file executes, or if you see it blocked by Microsoft Defender SmartScreen it means that cloud-delivered protection is not working and you should go to
configure and validate network connections for Microsoft Defender Antivirus
to learn more Example:
Failed to block (but stopped by Microsoft Defender SmartScreen)