[NCommander]

The entire point of authnicode wasn't to protect users, it was to make sure software wasn't modified in flight (ala what SourceForge did), and to make those binaries accountable.

Now we're getting to the point that this feels like a protection racket. It, at least in theory, is possible for individuals to get EV certificates for websites. Worst case scenario, you can get a one man business for the paperwork.

A lot of viruses can hit via either remote code execution, or exploiting a bug when loaded through a data file. Neither of those scenarios is stopped by SmartScreen. At best, it stops someone from clicking "WannaCry.exe".

MSFT is basically doing everything to make you use the Store, and it reeked back with Windows RT, and it reeks even more now.

Unfortunately, it seems MSFT is incapable of creating a version of Windows that doesn't have live tiles, constantly tracking what applications you run. I switched to Linux years ago, but I realize that most people live in a Windows ecosystem, and that they're subject to the whims of MSFT.