Windows SmartScreen Blocked PhraseVault® — How to Install Safely

If Windows SmartScreen warns about the PhraseVault® installer, verify that you downloaded it from the official site before choosing Run anyway. The installer is code-signed, but SmartScreen also checks download reputation, so a new release can still trigger an unrecognized-app warning.

How to continue

  1. Download the installer from the PhraseVault download page.
  2. Click More info and check the app and publisher. If the publisher looks wrong, or the warning names a detected threat, stop and email office@spqrk.net.
  3. Click Run anyway.

If Run anyway is missing on a work PC, ask your IT administrator.

Other ways to install

The Microsoft Store listing and winget install ptmrio.phrasevault use this same signed installer. A license holder can request the source by emailing office@spqrk.net and signing a non-disclosure agreement, then build it. That build isn't the signed release. See the source-available license.

System requirements are in the installation guide.

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