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<blockquote data-quote="Protomartyr" data-source="post: 891224" data-attributes="member: 82599"><p>[USER=32260]@Andy Ful[/USER]</p><p></p><p>Came across something interesting when I was converting a word document to PDF and later deleting the PDF.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Trying to convert an existing word document to PDF using Microsoft Word 2013 would not go through.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The word document was under a protected folder and the PDF was going to be saved under the same directory.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Protection history lists WINWORD.EXE as the app/process.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I allowed the process via Protection history.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">An entry in ConfigureDefender CFA exclusions is now listed: [ICODE]C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\WINWORD.EXE[/ICODE]</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Later when trying to delete the PDF document, the deletion was blocked.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Protection history lists explorer.exe as the app/process.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I allowed the process via Protection history.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">An entry in ConfigureDefender CFA exclusions list is now listed: [ICODE]C:\Windows\explorer.exe[/ICODE]</li> </ul></li> </ul><p></p><p>My questions are:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What caused CFA to trigger these blocks in H_C 5.1.1.1/.2?<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I did the same actions as above on Friday and they weren't blocked. I can't remember if this was before or after I updated to version 5.1.1.1/.2.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Do the explorer.exe and winword.exe CFA exclusions pose a security risk?</li> </ul><p>I have attached my current configuration to this post for reference. I think the only modifications I made compared to my 5.0.0.0 configuration was:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Enabled Harden Archivers</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Enabled Harden Email Clients</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Enabled Allow MSI (which turns Update Mode to OFF)</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Protomartyr, post: 891224, member: 82599"] [USER=32260]@Andy Ful[/USER] Came across something interesting when I was converting a word document to PDF and later deleting the PDF. [LIST] [*]Trying to convert an existing word document to PDF using Microsoft Word 2013 would not go through. [LIST] [*]The word document was under a protected folder and the PDF was going to be saved under the same directory. [*]Protection history lists WINWORD.EXE as the app/process. [*]I allowed the process via Protection history. [*]An entry in ConfigureDefender CFA exclusions is now listed: [ICODE]C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\WINWORD.EXE[/ICODE] [/LIST] [*]Later when trying to delete the PDF document, the deletion was blocked. [LIST] [*]Protection history lists explorer.exe as the app/process. [*]I allowed the process via Protection history. [*]An entry in ConfigureDefender CFA exclusions list is now listed: [ICODE]C:\Windows\explorer.exe[/ICODE] [/LIST] [/LIST] My questions are: [LIST] [*]What caused CFA to trigger these blocks in H_C 5.1.1.1/.2? [LIST] [*]I did the same actions as above on Friday and they weren't blocked. I can't remember if this was before or after I updated to version 5.1.1.1/.2. [/LIST] [*]Do the explorer.exe and winword.exe CFA exclusions pose a security risk? [/LIST] I have attached my current configuration to this post for reference. I think the only modifications I made compared to my 5.0.0.0 configuration was: [LIST] [*]Enabled Harden Archivers [*]Enabled Harden Email Clients [*]Enabled Allow MSI (which turns Update Mode to OFF) [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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