Andy Ful
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Run by smart screen to achieve elevated status.
It does not work in this way (has nothing to do with elevated status).
"Run By SmartScreen" simply triggers SmartScreen for Explorer, when normally the file would be executed without SmartScreen check. It has also an additional feature that prevents bypassing SmartScreen via DLL hijacking.
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Basically, don't click these without verification of file, back to the basics.
This is the shortest description of "Run By SmartScreen".
It allows a quick file verification in the SmartScreen reputation cloud (EXE / MSI files). It is more reliable in most cases than Virus Total.
Of course, the advanced users can do more, like using Any.run or other online services to analyze the samples. But, this is beyond the abilities of most home users.