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Xeroday / Spotify-Ad-Blocker

EZBlocker - A Spotify Ad Blocker for Windows
https://www.ericzhang.me/projects/spotify-ad-blocker-ezblocker/
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Blocked by Windows Defender SmartScreen #157

Open Chiramisu opened 6 years ago

Chiramisu commented 6 years ago

EZBlocker Version: 1.7.2.5 Spotify Version: 1.0.86.337

On the first run, the exe was blocked by Windows Defender SmartScreen because the file does not have enough reputation per Microsoft guidelines. Please sign your releases with your Publisher information. This way the reputation is built against you as a publisher rather than individual releases.

See the Best Practices in this blog post: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2012/08/14/microsoft-smartscreen-extended-validation-ev-code-signing-certificates/

You don't need to buy an expensive cert from DigiCert or anyone else. Just sign it with your own cert and post your Serial Numbers (sig and counter-sig) on your website and your users will learn that it's you and won't be pestered by SmartScreen anymore.

smartscreen block

ghost commented 6 years ago

Ignore this popup and run anyway. Windows defender smart screen is bad about doing this to even legit apps.