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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 734266" data-attributes="member: 32260">They are not controlled by IE, but the opposite is true. SmartScreen is one of the best features to protect people who still use IE. There is another question, why do they do this..Your irritation is probably justified. But it is always risky to draw general conclusions, when being irritated by something.UAC is deeply rooted in the system, and turning it OFF is far more than just not seeing the UAC prompt.SmartScreen Application Reputation is the best available (free) 0-day reputation cloud service for application installers. It has some problems sometimes, but I am using it constantly, and usually, it behaves well. People who do not install many applications, probably did not notice any problem with it. And you are right that UAC and SmartScreen Application Reputation could be improved (I have some ideas about it.).Both UAC and SmartScreen have nothing to do with possible Windows 10 slowdowns..The layered defense based on the built-in Windows10 features is for sure faster and more stable than the setup based on any AV and any 3-rd party firewall.I am with you when you are saying that making the computer to be a Fort Knox is unnecessary, especially for Experts.:notworthy:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 734266, member: 32260"] They are not controlled by IE, but the opposite is true. SmartScreen is one of the best features to protect people who still use IE. There is another question, why do they do this. . Your irritation is probably justified. But it is always risky to draw general conclusions, when being irritated by something. UAC is deeply rooted in the system, and turning it OFF is far more than just not seeing the UAC prompt. SmartScreen Application Reputation is the best available (free) 0-day reputation cloud service for application installers. It has some problems sometimes, but I am using it constantly, and usually, it behaves well. People who do not install many applications, probably did not notice any problem with it. And you are right that UAC and SmartScreen Application Reputation could be improved (I have some ideas about it.). Both UAC and SmartScreen have nothing to do with possible Windows 10 slowdowns. . The layered defense based on the built-in Windows10 features is for sure faster and more stable than the setup based on any AV and any 3-rd party firewall. I am with you when you are saying that making the computer to be a Fort Knox is unnecessary, especially for Experts.:notworthy: [/QUOTE]

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