When you enable the feature, as you run an application, Smart App Control will check the digital certificate to verify the developer's identity and confirm that the app hasn't been tampered with ...

What is Smart App Control? Windows 11 with Smart App Control blocks ISO and LNK files that have mark of the web just like Macros. Smart App Control in Windows Security adds an additional ...

Smart App Control from the Insider Build. (Image: Microsoft) The rub is if you enable it on a system with pre-installed apps, it won't be able to examine them prior to them being installed.

Microsoft introduced the Smart App Control (SAC) security feature by including it with the latest OS version — Windows 11. Recently, Microsoft restarted blocking macros in Office files ...