Hi Doug.

>Certificates come in two flavours: EV and basic ones. I understand that the executables stamped with certificate originated from companies that paid the much higher price for the "extended validation" may be better received by windows itself.
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>Any idea on this? Is it worth the price? We can certainly pay for it. But I wonder about the associated hassle? The extended validation process - I understand that it's not a technical one ...- may already be some kind of tough bureaucratic exercise in itself!!

I don't know -- we got our certificate many years ago before EV were available and have just been renewing it ever since. I Googled EV certificates and found some sites that describe the benefits but I can't say whether they are worth the additional cost or not.

Doug