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Re:Notepad++ drops code signing for its releases by Leace on Thursday March 07, 2019 @02:24PM (#19331258)
> EV certificates is probably for auto-trust for smartscreen.

Yes, that's correct. EV just skips the reputation building phase.

Source: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2012/08/14/microsoft-sma...

> Programs signed by an EV code signing certificate can immediately establish reputation with SmartScreen reputation services even if no prior reputation exists for that file or publisher.

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