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One thing that you can do is submit them to microsofts virus scanning program/website (can't remember the name, it's still a pain to do.) It takes a few days at the fastest still, but it's better than nothing. The whole virus scanning/proving you're not bad is a real pain. There's no surefire way to do it, because if there were it could be taken advantage of. If you go through the trouble of signing executables (I don't think it's worth it for me) it can help, but it may still take months for your executable to be designated "safe". And even if you use the same certs, the process is per executable, so every update restarts your safety progress. It's really not a fun rabbit hole. I don't know of any good tutorials or guides online. It's just a digging through rough documentation online & finding a comment somewhere explaining why those docs are out of date/bad advice. It's probably easiest to submit your stuff to virustotal/microsofts site & cross your fingers. Rating period will probably end by then too.

Oh, on the topic of signing certs, if no one runs it it won't really matter. You may need as many as several hundred or thousand users to try running it before it just works. It's actual insanity.