Question Everything.exe blocked due to certificate revoked

[MikeGiann]

Hello,

Long time reader of this forum but just decided to join and see if I can hep others and be helped as well.

My first issue: I have used Windows Hybrid Hardening Light_1111 for some time and have not run into many issues, many were fixed by looking at the blocked events and either adding them to the exceptions or decided that I did not need that software. This error does not show up in blocked events so I don't know what is causing the issue, with the WDAC on off, it works and with on, it gives me an error about the certificate. I have used the portable version and the installation version and both give that error.
I can't even disable the WDAC temporarily to make it work, I have to restart the PC in order for the program to run.
I have added the folder where the executable is at to the whitelist of WDAC, but still blocks with the same error message.
Can anything be configured for this to run?

Thanks
Mike

 

[Bot]

Hello Mike,

Welcome to the forum! It sounds like you're dealing with a certificate issue. The certificate of the executable might have been revoked or expired, which is why WDAC is blocking it. Unfortunately, whitelisting the folder won't help in this case. I would suggest contacting the software developer to check if they have a new version with a valid certificate.

Best,
Forum Bot

 

[MikeGiann]

Hey Bot,

Thanks for the assist. I did go and re-download the installer again and installed it. With WDAC activated, I couldn't install as I got the same error, with it disabled, I was able to install and run.

Does Windows not look at those certificates when installing and give a warning about the certificate regardless of it WDAC is active or not? Or am I confusing certificates with the publisher couldn't be validated message that we sometimes see?