Smart App Control

Microsoft have released a new player in their security arsenal called Smart App Control.

It needs to be enabled on a New installation of Windows 11 (with optional diagnostic data enabled).
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Designed to sit alongside existing virus protection software including Microsoft’s Own Defender, Smart App Control will offer a more efficient and responsive defense against malicious applications.

Many antivirus programs are doing a lot of work scanning everything you open and access, this can cause your PC to slow down while it does all thai work. Smart App Control’s job is to do the preliminaries and determine if a file is safe without needing to engage with the AV software to check the file.

This should reduce a significant amount of system overhead and your PC should run smoother as a result.

The added advantage of Smart App Control is that malware files can be pro-actively intercepted before they are executed. Antivirus programs on the other hand often don’t respond until after a threat has been detected.

The upshot: This could be good, but keep your existing AV software for the time being.
The catch: You may need to do a fresh install of Windows 11 to activate this new feature.
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