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> Perhaps 1 million exe files are in widespread use in the world.

They already do that. It's called SmartScreen.

> Compilers that make an exe file can have some new windows API that says "I just compiled this file, so it's fine to run".

I don't think you thought this through. Because then malware will either call that new API, or ship with their own compiler.

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> Because then malware will either call that new API,

As soon as malware is running, you have already lost.

This is for when the user has downloaded TotallyNotAVirus.exe from a dodgy website and tries to double click it.