CryptoPrevent Changed?

[Tony Cole]

Hi Everyone!

I have a license key for CryptoPrevent but stopped using it (and no I am not offering it to people) as I had to stop the protection so it would not block Windows updates and software installation. I thought I'd give it another try and set it at default "set it and forget it" and I can install/uninstall software, plus update Windows. Have the settings changed, or is this a new feature?

Tony

 

[Alexstrasza]

CryptoPrevent has a lot of different level protections. The most basic one just place restrictions into the places where some ransomware is known to start from (and also affect some other malware).

 

[Tony Cole]

Yes, there is none, basic, default, maximum and maximum + program filtering, do not enable it messes up a lot - I tried it lost all my icons and sfc /scannow found errors it could not repair.

 

[Alexstrasza]

IMHO your problem didn't sound like one that CryptoPrevent can make - more like a hard drive error or something.

 

[aztony]

I'm running the free version on a XP desktop, and have been for over a year. The early versions did present an issue with blocking certain installations from running requiring that I temporarily disable it until after the install was complete. That situation has improved with later releases and I rarely have this problem now. But I don't a lot of installs on that system either, and with Windows updates disabled I can't say whether CryptoPrevent is a hindrance there, or not.

 

[WinXPert]

I've been using Maximum Protection with no problems. There are few times that some installer are blocked, so I have to switch if off temporarily. Haven't tried the + Program Filtering Beta option though.