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<blockquote data-quote="oldschool" data-source="post: 818577" data-attributes="member: 71262">Another post from Dan:&quot;Hey Guys... so I have been trying to decide on what new features to add to VS.&nbsp; We obviously do not want to add unnecessary features, but here are a couple that I think would be pretty cool, and I wanted to see what you guys thought.1)&nbsp; Option &quot;Automatically allow new items that pass Windows SmartScreen.&quot;&nbsp; From what I understand, there are pretty much no false negatives in SmartScreen since MS is rather conservative about what they allow with SS.&nbsp; Does anyone know more about the efficacy of SS?&nbsp; The reason I ask is because if this is true, we will probably want to have this feature enabled by default, because it would further reduce unnecessary user prompts.&nbsp; I know it sounds strange, but we actually want VS to have a few blocks every now and then.&nbsp; Mainly so the user will become accustomed to the prompts, and also so they know that VS is actually protecting them.Anyway, if this all works out, we can integrate it into VoodooAi and it would be super cool.&nbsp; It is kind of hard to explain, but it would further reduce the VoodooAi false positives, while increasing its efficacy big time.&nbsp; Also, I think I found a way to make SS work with Windows 7 clients as well, so that would be cool too.&nbsp; If everything goes according to plan, we might even enable the real time scanning engine with this new integration.&nbsp; Although we want to avoid as much as possible competing with the traditional and next-gen products, so we might not ever enable the real time scanner.&nbsp; Our goal is to complement the traditional and next gen products, not to compete with them.2)&nbsp; At some point we might consider adding some firewall or firewall control functionality to VS.&nbsp; I want to wrap up the SS feature first, but we can start thinking about this as well.Also, if you guys have any ideas for other new features we should explore, please post on this thread!&nbsp; Thank you guys!&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldschool, post: 818577, member: 71262"] Another post from Dan: " Hey Guys... so I have been trying to decide on what new features to add to VS. We obviously do not want to add unnecessary features, but here are a couple that I think would be pretty cool, and I wanted to see what you guys thought. 1) Option "Automatically allow new items that pass Windows SmartScreen." From what I understand, there are pretty much no false negatives in SmartScreen since MS is rather conservative about what they allow with SS. Does anyone know more about the efficacy of SS? The reason I ask is because if this is true, we will probably want to have this feature enabled by default, because it would further reduce unnecessary user prompts. I know it sounds strange, but we actually want VS to have a few blocks every now and then. Mainly so the user will become accustomed to the prompts, and also so they know that VS is actually protecting them. Anyway, if this all works out, we can integrate it into VoodooAi and it would be super cool. It is kind of hard to explain, but it would further reduce the VoodooAi false positives, while increasing its efficacy big time. Also, I think I found a way to make SS work with Windows 7 clients as well, so that would be cool too. If everything goes according to plan, we might even enable the real time scanning engine with this new integration. Although we want to avoid as much as possible competing with the traditional and next-gen products, so we might not ever enable the real time scanner. Our goal is to complement the traditional and next gen products, not to compete with them. 2) At some point we might consider adding some firewall or firewall control functionality to VS. I want to wrap up the SS feature first, but we can start thinking about this as well. Also, if you guys have any ideas for other new features we should explore, please post on this thread! Thank you guys!" [/QUOTE]

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