Windows 10: Defender Controlled Folder Protection Question

Discus and support Defender Controlled Folder Protection Question in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; Hello There After using Avast for 16 years, and discovering a file was writing a lot to the drive, decided to try Defender longer this time, now if... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by AMDMan2016, Mar 30, 2018.

  1. AMDMAN2016
    AMDMan2016 Win User

    Defender Controlled Folder Protection Question


    Hello There

    After using Avast for 16 years, and discovering a file was writing a lot to the drive, decided to try Defender longer this time, now if i decide to enable Controlled Folder protection or Ransomware protection after 1803 Released, does that add extra unnecessary writes to my SSD Drive? If it does, then might just leave off and hope i'm safe enough..

    Try to minimize writes to the SSD Drive as knows too many writes affect it's lifespan, leaving Avast Free Antivirus is tough choice, but with iscache.dat writing anywhere to 300kbs-3mb a day, i figured was time to try and give up on it, then again if they fix the issue, might end up continuing to use, as i do trust that program, Defender not so sure on, Had a bad infection back in 2005 when i was testing WIndows Live Onecare at the time, but i know the infection was my own fault

    :)
     
    AMDMan2016, Mar 30, 2018
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  2. JSSSSSSSSS
    Jsssssssss Win User
    Jsssssssss, Mar 30, 2018
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  3. GREGINMICH
    GreginMich Win User
    Windows Defender's "Controlled Folder Access" feature is permanently off

    This is by design, since folder monitoring requires Defender’s on-access (real-time) protection. So you can’t enable
    Controlled folder access when you have a third-party AV app installed and Windows Defender is running in its
    Limited Periodic Scanning (on-demand) mode. This new feature is only available when Windows Defender’s is running in a standalone configuration, and its real-time protection is turned on, as indicated in the
    Requirements section of this documentation:



    Help prevent ransomware and threats from encrypting and changing files
     
    GreginMich, Mar 30, 2018
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