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Every text program on PC is read-only (spyshelter?)
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<blockquote data-quote="Abzec5" data-source="post: 923792" data-attributes="member: 90144"><p>Hi all,</p><p>Whenever I try to save a Word, Notepad, Powerpoint etc. file it never just saves, a save windows pops up and asks me to save it, then attempting to save it with the same name, apparently I don't have permission to save files on my pc anymore.</p><p>I'm thinking it might have something to do with Spyshelter, I went into "C:" to notice my user account could only read and execute files, so I changed it to write permissions (this is safe/not a security risk right?) and yet I still can't save files.</p><p>Any ideas? If it is Spyshelter I am guessing the "folders with write access"/HIPS has something to do with it.</p><p></p><p>edit: nvm, idk how it happened, but I just got an alert from Avast's ransomware shield saying it blocked access to changes on the desktop from notepad (among other things), so I allowed it now I can save again. random, I disabled spyshelter from startup and it still (didn't) work so i don't think that's to blame.</p><p></p><p>also i don't want to fully derail the thread but given that's it's been solved, i have another quesiton, do you think avast premium is any better than free/needed?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abzec5, post: 923792, member: 90144"] Hi all, Whenever I try to save a Word, Notepad, Powerpoint etc. file it never just saves, a save windows pops up and asks me to save it, then attempting to save it with the same name, apparently I don't have permission to save files on my pc anymore. I'm thinking it might have something to do with Spyshelter, I went into "C:" to notice my user account could only read and execute files, so I changed it to write permissions (this is safe/not a security risk right?) and yet I still can't save files. Any ideas? If it is Spyshelter I am guessing the "folders with write access"/HIPS has something to do with it. edit: nvm, idk how it happened, but I just got an alert from Avast's ransomware shield saying it blocked access to changes on the desktop from notepad (among other things), so I allowed it now I can save again. random, I disabled spyshelter from startup and it still (didn't) work so i don't think that's to blame. also i don't want to fully derail the thread but given that's it's been solved, i have another quesiton, do you think avast premium is any better than free/needed? [/QUOTE]
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