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Comment by numpad0

20 days ago

They can just require hash of legacy binaries sent to Microsoft and rubberstamped back. Eventually they'll have a near comprehensive list of legacy binaries in common use, and move to block unknown binaries in circulation as "malware".

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dafelst  20 days ago

Microsoft basically already has this (and has for the last ~20 years) as SmartScreen.

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