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abareplace
Feb 26, 2026Copper Contributor
SmartScreen false positives
Hello, I'm a developer of https://www.abareplace.com/ Unfortunately, Microsoft SmartScreen blocks https://www.abareplace.com/download/ of my application and multiple attempts to contact Microsoft ...
John Gruber
Feb 26, 2026Iron Contributor
The only warning I'm getting is "This file isn't commonly downloaded" You just need more people to try your app to get rid of that message. You can probably hire 100+ microworkers to download the app and try it out. Tell them the instructions to report as safe.
- abareplaceFeb 27, 2026Copper Contributor
Thank you. The warning is "This file isn't commonly downloaded" in Microsoft Edge and "Windows Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting" is all other browsers (90% of users).