MS still requires that drivers be signed with an EV cert https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/dashboard/get-a-code-signing-certificate http

MS still requires that drivers be signed with an EV cert https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/dashboard/get-a-code-signing-certificate https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/da... And it supposedly does help add some SmartScreen reputation, but that system is totally opaque and there is no way to quantify just what the EV cert adds.