What is Windows Smart App Control and why does it need the update Microsoft introduced the Smart App Control (SAC) security feature by including it with the latest OS version — Windows 11.

As the name implies, Smart App Control is a tool that is designed to keep dangerous apps (such as ransomware or spyware) from running on a Windows 11 system. The idea behind Smart App Control is ...

Smart App Control, a Windows 11 security feature that blocks threats at the process level, now comes with support for blocking several new file types threat actors have recently adopted to infect ...

Smart App Control from the Insider Build. (Image: Microsoft) The rub is if you enable it on a system with pre-installed apps, it won't be able to examine them prior to them being installed.