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by gorkish 2209 days ago
With all due respect, you may have built an effective tool to suppress malware, but I would be more excited had you addressed the complaint in the article.

It remains difficult if not impossible for a brand new developer to coordinate a new launch or for an open source project to release unsigned binaries without triggering SmartScreen's rather opaque and user-hostile reputation block. At first glance, the dialog does not give the user any information that it is even possible to execute the program. Of course it stops malware. It brings the average Windows user to a dead stop!

Based on the number of regular people I help on a daily basis who download completely legitimate, "esoteric, non-very-commonly-downloaded software" I must say that I do not find your arguments very compelling. This tool could have easily remained in your browser where it belongs.