Depending on the timing of your Scandesk download, you might encounter initial warnings (shown below). This occurs because Scandesk.exe is signed with an OV Code Signing Certificate from SSL.com, a trusted digital trust service provider. Presently, we are in the process of establishing our Microsoft SmartScreen Reputation, a procedure dependent on user downloads and installations. Consequently, SmartScreen warnings might persist until our software gains ample popularity among Windows users to be considered “well known.”
Regrettably, Microsoft hasn’t disclosed specific metrics to eliminate SmartScreen warnings. However, they have previously emphasized code signing as a “best practice” to establish and maintain application reputation.
For more information, please visit SSL.com or Microsoft.