Smart App Control Windows 11

[Irontanks]

hey so i just recently turned this feature on in windows 11 settings, i have 1 concern will it block steam games like when devs update there games? etc?
because if i turn this feature off its perm.

anyone had problems?

[Crashed]

It can potentially block games that lack digital signatures, if SmartScreen doesn't recognize them.

If your system is in Evaluation mode instead of On, then most likely using Steam will cause it to determine that it is not appropriate for your usage scanario.

[Irontanks]

Originally posted by Crashed:

It can potentially block games that lack digital signatures, if SmartScreen doesn't recognize them.

If your system is in Evaluation mode instead of On, then most likely using Steam will cause it to determine that it is not appropriate for your usage scanario.

hey, no i turned it ON. it was on evaluation mode.

it looks really good this new feature hence why i turned it on, but now im worried about my steam games getting blocked on my main acc. i have about 1,000.

so this goes off smart screens whitelist?

[plat]

Here is kind of a long thread but SAC is discussed in great detail, and is started by a software developer who happened to create a security software I've been using for several years now.

In a nutshell: it's VERY promising but is still not ready for widespread, mainstream use as it's relying on AI and that is still evolving itself.

I run Windows 11 Insiders beta and I did not enable this as I have several third party software that would be overkill. I looked it up and it seems during Evaluation Mode, the decision to be a "good candidate" for Smart App Control is not made by the user but by Microsoft. Whoa!

Source:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/what-is-smart-app-control-285ea03d-fa88-4d56-882e-6698afdb7003

https://malwaretips.com/threads/smart-app-control-windows-11-22h2-feature-promises-significant-protection-from-malware.112706/

Edit: aha, it seems Microsoft has approved of you, OP. :)

[Irontanks]

i turned it ON, i didnt wait for the evaluation mode.

is this going to be OK? because i want all my steam games to work and not get blocked, so FAR steam/cyber/deathloop hasn't been blocked after i enabled it.

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

"smart app" ... "for Windows." x'D

[plat]

Originally posted by %a:

i turned it ON, i didnt wait for the evaluation mode.

is this going to be OK? because i want all my steam games to work and not get blocked, so FAR steam/cyber/deathloop hasn't been blocked after i enabled it.

Who knows if it's going to be OK, no one can read into the future. This is the purpose of "evaluation mode" anyway, to study your system and estimate any behaviors over time.

I have a similar software but it's third party--it takes a system snapshot and has an AI component.

In theory, it's a great layer of security. But it's not foolproof--the software I use occasionally gives me false positives, esp. during installation of novel software. The difference, though, is that I can whitelist, or in more annoying cases, disable it temporarily.

Once you turn off Smart App Control, that's it, it seems. You;ll have to clean-install Windows (edit) in order to get it back on.
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That alone might be a turn-off to many and can't say as I blame them.