title: Does code signing help avoid the red SmartScreen banner in IE 9/10?
body: <p>We've released a new application but we're getting reports that when users try and download it in Internet Explorer, they get a red error message after they choose to save or run the EXE file:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/qsJGp.png" alt="Smart screen banner"></p>
  
  <p>What we want to know is, how can we stop this red version of the banner appearing for IE users? Will code signing persuade IE to instead show the yellow banner which gives the users the option to run or save the file?  And if so, is it possible to get a temporarily/trial certificate (not self signed) to test this with? Self signing doesn't seem to help.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit:</strong>
  I've also noticed Google Chrome has a similar banner and effectively the same problem that the users will be scared off installing the file.</p>