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How long to get rid of smartscreen warning after signing code?


I'm planning on signing one of my software with a code signing certificate, because when a user downloads it a tries to run it, Windows 10 will show a full screen warning that it might be dangerous.

The certificate is quite expensive, and the EV certificates promise that they get rid of the warning immediately, but not in a straightforward way, I cannot really trust them.

So my question is how long does it take for windows to stop showing the warning after I buy a standard cert and sign my code, and what do I exactly need to do to make the process faster?

Thanks.


Solution

  • I forgot about this question but got resolved since then.

    It took a couple of days, and couple of downloads, but it have gone away.

    Since then we moved to EV cert for a different reason, but standard ones are still fine.