What this guide is (and is not)
Sleep, lid-close and “never sleep on AC” belong in always-on-pc-earnapp-setup-europe-2026. A tray that vanished after reboot belongs in earnapp-windows-autostart-reboot-europe-2026. A running tray that is Offline or stuck at $0 belongs in earnapp-offline-zero-earnings-europe-2026. Metered NIC belongs in earnapp-windows-metered-connection-europe-2026. Moving boxes belongs in earnapp-new-pc-same-account-europe-2026. First PayPal timing belongs in earnapp-first-paypal-cashout-europe-2026. Here the official binary never got a clean first run.
RefDeal will not invent a SmartScreen “unlock code,” a Defender exclusion coupon, or an EU payout minimum copied from a 2023 screenshot. SmartScreen is Windows reputation for a newly downloaded EXE. EarnApp is a Bright Data client. Download from the tracked invite, confirm the publisher, then leave Defender on.
Confirm it is SmartScreen, not a missing tray
SmartScreen is a first-run Windows warning — not a missing EarnApp promo code.
- Blue or grey “Windows protected your PC” / SmartScreen dialog on first launch of the installer = this guide. The tray never started. That is not autostart-after-reboot
- Windows Security → Protection history showing EarnApp.exe quarantined or blocked = this guide. Restore only if the path is the official installer you just saved from the invite — not a Telegram ZIP
- If a tray already runs and says Offline, this is not SmartScreen — use the offline/$0 guide. If the tray vanished after a Windows Update, use the reboot/autostart guide
- Chrome/Edge “file not commonly downloaded” is a browser warning, not SmartScreen itself. Keep the file; open it from Downloads. Do not fetch a “cracked” rename from a mirror
Install once from the tracked invite
One clean download. Do not stack Honeygain, a VPN, and a “PC optimizer” in the same hour you fight SmartScreen.
- Open /earnapp/ and use the RefDeal tracked invite to the official EarnApp Windows installer. The invite attributes a first signup. It does not disable SmartScreen
- Save the EXE. Right-click → Properties. If Unblock (Mark of the Web) is shown, tick Unblock → Apply, then run. That is the normal ADS flag on a downloaded file — not a hack
- SmartScreen: More info → confirm publisher Bright Data / EarnApp → Run anyway. Close the dialog if the publisher is blank, random, or “unknown” — that file is not our invite
- After install, open Windows Security → Virus & threat protection → Protection history. If EarnApp was quarantined, restore that one official binary. Do not add a folder exclusion for all of C:\, and do not disable real-time protection
First tray after a clean run
Sign in with the same account you intend to keep. Wait a few minutes. Confirm the official tray. Use /earnapp/ if you never started from our tracked invite.
- Tray Online after a clean SmartScreen pass: leave it a quiet week. We will not quote a fake first-day amount. Screenshot your own dashboard if you need a record
- Tray missing after a successful installer: that is now the reboot/autostart guide, not SmartScreen. Do not re-download from a second site
- Tray Online but $0 on a home fibre line: switch to the offline/$0 guide (firewall, official binary, Limited). SmartScreen is done
- Work or school PCs with SmartScreen forced On and no Run anyway are not yours to farm. Do not fight IT policy. Use a personal home PC via the tracked invite, or skip
What we will not claim
There is no RefDeal EarnApp promo code, no published “SmartScreen bypass bonus,” and no honest EU minimum we can paste from a 2023 screenshot. Primary CTA stays the EarnApp offer with our tracked invite. Hub: /guides/bandwidth-safety/. Starter: /en/start/bandwidth/.