Hi, Sorry if something like this was already reported... I have the PG 3.0 Free with the "Learning Mode" disable, and when I try to kill some protected program with the Task Manager or with the Advanced Process Termination, the PG protect that program, but if I try to kill with the "Task Killer" the PG doesn't protect the program. Is this normal, the FULL version protect us against this or is a bug? Thanks
I think you’ll find you have Task Killer on your protected list of programs which gives it modification rights. Remove it from your protected list and PG will prevent the methods Task Killer uses.
Hi ReGen, You are right! I didn't remember that... I remove the "Modify protected applications" option, in Task Killer, and now works fine Thanks
Hi Folks. I´m newbie with PG 3.0 and have the same question. I´ve tried to kill for example: mdm.exe (using crtl+Alt+del and forced it to kill, sorry guys, I´m Brazilian and I don´t know what is the translation for it in English) and PG 3.0 stop it.But when I try to kill outpost.exe, and another progs, PG 3.0 didn´t stop it. This way I can kill everything. What´s wrong ? How can I know I´m protected ? Best Regards, DonKid.
Yes , I did. I tried to kill everything using ctrl+alt+del, and I killed everything without a warning from PG 3. Best Regards, DonKid.
Hi Pilli et al, Is there any documentation that suggests which types of applications should be on the protected list and which should not and what types of settings they should be given? There doesn't seem to be this type of guidance in the Help files. If there is no supplementary doc or faq, can you, or anyone else on this forum, elaborate in some general way what should be on the protected list and what types of settings should be applied. I think this would be very useful since a mistake, it seems, can undermine all of PG's safeguards. Thanks much. Rich
Thanks folks...Now PG blocks Task Manager.Just 1 more question: How can I test if PG is protecting my PC, without using task manager ? By the way, I´d like to thanks Rich for his idea about that documentation. Best Regards, DonKid.
Hi rich, That is a monumental task as every PC is different, however, the guideline is add all your system, internet enabled programs and security apps, give them the just the default allows and then watch for any alerts which will enable you to decide what other allows you may need to make. If you have run learning mode for a reasonable amount of time most items will have the necessary allows but you can fine tune this if you so wish. HTH Pilli
Hi Pilli, The guideliness you suggest helps. So from your description, application programs such as Quicken, Word, FTP, etc. should not be placed on the protection list. Is this correct? Thanks, as always, for your help. Rich
Yes Rich, That's about it - Of the Office suite I only have Outlook and Frontpage on the protected list as they connect to the net, FTP should be on your list BTW (I use Smart FTP) none of my Adobe apps apart from Acrobat or things like Music explorer, GIF aniamtor, Nero etc. HTH Pilli.
