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{{short description|Windows Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials user network}}

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'''Microsoft Active Protection Service''' (abbreviated '''MAPS''' and formerly known as '''Microsoft SpyNet''') is the network of [[Windows Defender]] and [[Microsoft Security Essentials]] users that help determine which programs are classified as [[spyware]].<ref name="m520">{{cite book |last=Bruzzese |first=J.P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W_S664YfvqMC&pg=PT187 |title=Using Microsoft Windows 7, Enhanced Edition |publisher=Pearson Education |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-13-291860-2 |series=Using |page=187 |access-date=2025-03-03}}</ref><ref name="c688">{{cite book |last=Piltzecker |first=A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qYR4LJuo4XYC&pg=PA77 |title=Microsoft Vista for IT Security Professionals |publisher=Syngress |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-08-055614-7 |page=77 |access-date=2025-03-03}}</ref><ref name="n204">{{cite book |last=De Clercq |first=J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8MkwSmOYi6QC&pg=PA209 |title=Microsoft Windows Security Fundamentals: For Windows 2003 SP1 and R2 |last2=Grillenmeier |first2=G. |publisher=Digital Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-08-049188-2 |page=209 |access-date=2025-03-03}}</ref><ref name="a977">{{cite book |last=Miller |first=M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3mJtJrYrTLsC&pg=SA20-PA22 |title=Microsoft Windows 7 Your Way: Speed Up and Customize Windows |publisher=Pearson Education |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7686-9544-1 |page=20-PA22 |access-date=2025-03-03}}</ref> The signatures created for any submitted programs by the users of the product are available to all users, displayed as a bar graph that shows the percentage of people who have allowed, blocked, or removed an item. This method of spyware classification allows rare, unknown, or new spyware to be categorized as most people choose to send their data.

==Basic membership==

The basic MAPS membership choice in Windows Defender or Microsoft Security Essentials does not alert the user of software, and changes made by software that has not been analyzed for risks. Computer information is sent (such as IP address, operating system, and Web browser), and personal information might be sent (such as search terms or data entered into forms), but will not be used to identify you or contact you.

==Advanced membership==

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==Opt out==

Users of Microsoft Security Essentials can opt out by left clicking on the task bar icon, chosechoose ''settings'', ''spynet'' and then choose opt-out. Included in the v2.0 there is the ability to completely opt out of this program.

==References==

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==External links==

*[http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/about/faq.mspx#EIG Joining Windows Defender voting network]

*[http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83339 Microsoft Client Security Privacy Policy]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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