Elvis, That’s interesting! Thanks for sharing that info.
The price is considerably different! I personally think this is a anual robbery! :D Best, Nuno > On 9 Oct 2018, at 16:54, Elvis Stansvik <elvst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Den tis 9 okt. 2018 17:29Nuno Santos <nunosan...@imaginando.pt > <mailto:nunosan...@imaginando.pt>> skrev: > Christopher, > > In order to have Microsoft’s SmartScreen saying your company name, you need > to buy a EV certificate: > > Let me add that it's not strictly necessary to use an EV certificate to get > rid of SmartScreen. It's possible with a "regular" certificate as well, it > just takes some time for the cert signature to become whitelisted at > Microsoft (they track user installs). > > We use a regular (cheaper) code signing cert from Digicert. For a while, > users running our installer would still get a SmartScreen warning, but as the > number of installs grew, at some point the warning disappeared due to > whitelisting. > > An EV certificate would establish trust faster, and I think the rules behind > the whitelisting is rather undocumented. > > HTH, > Elvis > > > https://www.globalsign.com/en/code-signing-certificate/ev-code-signing-certificates/ > > <https://www.globalsign.com/en/code-signing-certificate/ev-code-signing-certificates/> > > It costs around 300 euros a year. > > There are several providers for this. Globalsign is just one. Then you will > receive a usb dongle with your certificate (GlobalSign sends a USB dongle). > > When you have it, you need to configure it. The provider tells you what to do. > > After that you need to invoke a command like this: > > > signtool.exe sign /a /tr http://rfc3161timestamp.globalsign.com/advanced > <http://rfc3161timestamp.globalsign.com/advanced> /td SHA256 EXE_TO_SIGN > > > Best, > > Nuno > >> On 9 Oct 2018, at 16:20, Christopher Probst <christop.pro...@gmail.com >> <mailto:christop.pro...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Thank-you Nils for your reply. >> >> I think signing your installer should solve this. "Trust" can be bought >> with the certificate. >> >> >> Please forgive my ignorance, but how does one sign an application with >> Microsoft? The documentation online seems unnecessary complex for something >> that should be routine. Any help is appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> Christopher >> _______________________________________________ >> Interest mailing list >> Interest@qt-project.org <mailto:Interest@qt-project.org> >> http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest >> <http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest> > > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org <mailto:Interest@qt-project.org> > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest > <http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest>
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