Protected Folders Win10 1709

Maybe it was deliberate to make it harder for malware to access the data.

 

I wonder if anyone at M$ bothered to test it against real life ransomware. Normally, it will hijack trusted processes to do the encrypting, so there is a big chance Protected Folders won't help. But it might protect against data stealers.

 

So this whole thing is a pita then? I am on the the Fall Creators Update, but I am using ESET Internet Security. Guess I won't have to mess around with this then.

Why is MS making it so cumbersome? Kind of a turn off for the average user no?

 

I haven't had the chance to upgrade to the fall creators update. But is it true this feature isn't enable by default?

Then Microsoft is still working to make it more user-friendly.

 

You have to enable it.

 

Trying Controlled Folder Access again.

This time I have only seen CCleaner and Enpass blocked, so added them to exclusions. I've also added PrivaZer and REVO Uninstaller Pro as they would most likely trigger a block. Other than that I can't see any problems with Controlled Folder Access.

 

I apologize if this has been mentioned previously, but there is a nice Controlled Folder Access Demo Tool available with a simple UI.
Link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...ploit-guard/evaluate-controlled-folder-access



There is also a nice demo tool for testing ASR functionality, also with a nice and simple UI.
Link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...ploit-guard/evaluate-attack-surface-reduction

 

Tnx...

Here are the results: