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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 827678">Interestingly enough, I&#039;ve hadn&#039;t has too much issues with it. I even have it on my gaming system and none of my steam games were being blocked. Typically the only time I get something from it is when I am installing a program that wants to put an icon on the desktop, other than that all my programs run fine.That being said, it all depends where the files are being saved/accessed from. If it&#039;s from one of the &quot;protected folders&quot; then yes, you will get more notifications/blocks. In essence it&#039;s doing it&#039;s job, annoying as it is. Simple solution, move where those files are being saved, if possible, if they aren&#039;t something you want protected. While I do agree that it is clunky to use, in all honesty as long as you have proper back ups of your data, I don&#039;t see the need to be stressed out about ransomware. Furthermore, there are far better ways to block ransomware when using WD. You can disable/block scripting and things like Powershell manually, or just use something like Syshardener, OSA and/or H_C if you want to get the same effect without having to do this manually. In all honestly if you take away the avenue to ransomware to do it&#039;s thing (ie: blocking scripts/powershell), there&#039;s nothing it can do. So if you want more ransomware protection aside from proper backups and you find Controlled Folder access annoying, then just turn it off, and use one of these methods.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 827678"] Interestingly enough, I've hadn't has too much issues with it. I even have it on my gaming system and none of my steam games were being blocked. Typically the only time I get something from it is when I am installing a program that wants to put an icon on the desktop, other than that all my programs run fine. That being said, it all depends where the files are being saved/accessed from. If it's from one of the "protected folders" then yes, you will get more notifications/blocks. In essence it's doing it's job, annoying as it is. Simple solution, move where those files are being saved, if possible, if they aren't something you want protected. While I do agree that it is clunky to use, in all honesty as long as you have proper back ups of your data, I don't see the need to be stressed out about ransomware. Furthermore, there are far better ways to block ransomware when using WD. You can disable/block scripting and things like Powershell manually, or just use something like Syshardener, OSA and/or H_C if you want to get the same effect without having to do this manually. In all honestly if you take away the avenue to ransomware to do it's thing (ie: blocking scripts/powershell), there's nothing it can do. So if you want more ransomware protection aside from proper backups and you find Controlled Folder access annoying, then just turn it off, and use one of these methods. [/QUOTE]

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