alt Hacker NewsOn a regular consumer version of windows what happens when you open an unsigned exe?
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Shish2k • today at 7:35 AM
It asks "do you really want to run this?", you click yes, it runs and never asks again?
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On a regular consumer version of windows what happens when you open an unsigned exe?
It asks "do you really want to run this?", you click yes, it runs and never asks again?
Assuming no false-positives from Windows Defender, you just click through a "scary" SmartScreen warning. Note that signing the exe isn't enough to remove the warnings, you then need to build up reputation for your cert by having enough users click through the warnings.