upload file without smartscreen reacting to download How to Disable SmartScreen Filter In Windows 10. You can disable SmartScreen Filter in Windows 10, if this feature in Windows Security is slowing down your computer and preventing you from downloading apps and files on your computer. Disable SmartScreen Filter in Windows 10. SmartScreen Filter is a Windows Security feature designed to automatically scan websites, apps, files and downloads on your computer for potentially harmful content. When it is enabled, SmartScreen Filter provides an additional layer of security to your device, in addition to Microsoft Defender or any Third Party Antivirus program installed on your computer. However, sometimes SmartScreen Filter is known to prevent genuine or harmless content from being downloaded on the computer. Users have also reported being unable to download their own files in Word, Excel and other formats from Google Drive. The only way to download apps and files in such cases is to disable SmartScreen Filter and enable it back after downloading the required files on your computer. Steps to Turn OFF SmartScreen Filter in Windows 10. Follow the steps below to disable SmartScreen Filter on your Windows 10 computer. 1. Open Settings and click on Update & Security tab. 2. Click on Windows Security in the left pane. In the right-pane, click on Apps and Browser Control . 3. On Apps & Browsers Control screen, click on Reputation-based Protection Settings . 4. On the next screen, disable Check Apps and Files and SmartScreen for Microsoft Edge . Note: When you disable SmartScreen Filter, you will see a Yellow Hazard Sign and Warning about your computer being vulnerable. You can ignore this warning or click on Dismiss to clear. On the same screen, you will see the options to Enable or Disable Potentially Unwanted App Blocking and SmartScreen for Windows Store Apps . You should be able to download the App or file that was being blocked on your computer, without disabling these two options. My website has been blocked by Microsoft SmartScreen [FALSE POSITIVE] I note today that Microsoft SmartScreen has blacklisted a site which I am the founder. I suppose that charges have been brought by individuals hate, and so I want to clarify some points. has (as stated in our goal to use conditions give adolescents a free alternative. However, we have in any case any malicious purpose. The personal data stored in our players (stored in our databases) are encrypted. Moreover, we never use malicious term, which could create misunderstanding. Similarly, our index is unique. Our players are on the site by knowingly. Also, upon registration, we ask our players to use a unique password, to counter any phishing rumor. Subscribe Subscribe to RSS feed. Report abuse. Was this discussion helpful? Sorry this didn't help. Great! Thanks for your feedback. How satisfied are you with this discussion? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. How satisfied are you with this discussion? Thanks for your feedback. Replies (3) Posting this in forums such as here is useless, no one will see it. You need to use the SmartScreen Filter reporting found under "More information" in the warning message itself to determine exactly why the site is being blocked and also to "Report that this site does not contain threats", but only after you have fixed any malware or other issues it indicates are the problem causing the block. Scroll down to the "Option Two" section of the following page for instructions detailing how to use this. Windows 10 SmartScreen with Code Signing .exe file. I've created a setup.exe file and loaded it onto my web site for downloading. The .exe file has been code signed with a certificate from godaddy. When downloading the .exe file from my website using win7 it detects the certificate and displays it to be a safe download. On win10 the .exe file downloads fine but when opening the .exe the smartscreen blocks it from opening. I have many users using win10 and don't want to explain to them to turn off smartscreen. What are my options to get this .exe past win10 smarscreen? 1 Answer 1. The Windows SmartScreen alert will go away after enough people download and run it. If your software is not that popular then the warning will never go away and there is not much you can do about it. You can try to get yourself whitelisted but I would not hold my breath while waiting for that. Microsoft does not document what enough downloads is. SmartScreen checks files that you download from the web against a list of reported malicious software sites and programs known to be unsafe. If it finds a match, SmartScreen will warn you that the download has been blocked for your safety. SmartScreen also checks the files that you download against a list of files that are well known and downloaded by many people who use Internet Explorer. If the file that you're downloading isn't on that list, SmartScreen will warn you. Signing will help you bypass smartscreen on updates you release in the future but it will not let you bypass the initial warning: Downloads are assigned a reputation rating based on many criteria, such as download traffic, download history, past antivirus results and URL reputation. Reputation is generated and assigned to digital certificates as well as specific files. According to this answer, passing and uploading the results from the Windows App Certification Kit tests will build reputation faster (requires a SysDev account). Defender/SmartScreen warning. Recently, with software I have written, uploaded to Dropbox or OneDrive, then downloaded and run I get a SmartScreen alert: The programs are signed with a valid certificate and do not trigger the above message when run before uploading. I realize "it's downloaded from the internet therefore risky" but this never happened before this month. Why? Has MS turned up the volume on warnings due to the ransomware threat? Subscribe Subscribe to RSS feed. Report abuse. Replies (3) Though this doesn't explain why an application's specific reputation might have changed, the addition of granular controls for these settings in the recently released Windows 10 Creators Update may have something to do with it. This newer implementation of SmartScreen within Windows 10 has also been renamed to Windows Defender SmartScreen rather than the old Windows SmartSreen and SmartScreen Filter name within the browser. Again, none of this specifically explains a change in reputation, but it's possible that all of these changes might have affected the reputation for some applications or certificates. Since you didn't specify what type of certificate you are using, since this affects the ability to add or gain reputation status more quickly. The Windows Defender SmartScreen® Filter Frequently Asked Questions page covers this as follows. There are industry best practices for application developers that will affect your download's reputation and help ensure reputation is established and maintained. If your program is not digitally signed, reputation cannot automatically be shared across different versions and builds. To help establish your application's reputation, consider doing the following: Digitally sign your programs with an Authenticode signature Reputation is generated and assigned to digital certificates as well as specific files. Digital certificates allow data to be aggregated and assigned to a single certificate rather than many individual programs. Only Authenticode Certificates issued by a Certificate Authority (CA) that is a member of the Windows Root Certificate Program can establish reputation. Apply for a Windows Logo To learn more visit the Windows Logo Program page on MSDN. Report abuse. 1 person found this reply helpful. Was this reply helpful? Sorry this didn't help. Great! Thanks for your feedback. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback. Thanks for your informative reply, Rob! Our certificate is authenticode and I think Symantec is a root authority. Report abuse. Was this reply helpful? Sorry this didn't help. Great! Thanks for your feedback. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback. I also recall reading that the use of an Extended Validation certificate may improve the reputation more quickly, but since this article is from the initial time of this change in 2012 I'm not certain how much of this is still applicable today. Along with higher cost, my understanding is that these certificates require a deeper vetting process to confirm a developer are who they claim to be, resulting in the gains discussed in the paragraph below. "Detractors may claim that SmartScreen is “forcing” developers to spend money on certificates. It should be stressed that EV code signing certificates are not required to build or maintain reputation with SmartScreen. Files signed with standard code signing certificates and even unsigned files continue to build reputation as they have since Application Reputation was introduced in IE9 last year. However, the presence of an EV code signing certificate is a strong indicator that the file was signed by an entity that has passed a rigorous validation process and was signed with hardware which allows our systems to establish reputation for that entity more quickly than unsigned or non-EV code signed programs." Windows 8 SmartScreen Corrupting downloaded files. I believe I have found a bug. When I download a self-extracting compressed file which isn't recognised (Such as Wacom Bamboo Tablet Drivers, a program etc), SmartScreen pops up and says it's an unrecognised file. If I click, "Show Me More" and then proceed to click "Run Anyway", the installer will start unpacking the file but there will be an error somewhere saying it is corrupted. I changed my motherboard, CPU, RAM & HDD, I had to reinstall Windows from scratch and still had the exact same problem. I resorted to turning off SmartScreen altogether. Now all my downloaded files are just fine.