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crinrict
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5 years ago

[CURRENT ISSUE] Anti-Virus blocking User Folder (Screenshots/Gallery/Mods..)

There's currently an issue where some virus programs (namely AVG and AVAST) are blocking the user folder. There are several symptoms currently for this issue Taking Screenshots and Videos doe...
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crinrict
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5 years ago
@wallisdj Where in Avast did you add the exceptions ? I did some self-testing yesterday and it seems there's two places where you need to add stuff to Avast.

- Exceptions
- Ransomeware Shield (especially if you have strict mode)
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wallisdj
5 years ago

According to your instructions. However, I believe the problem is solved: I "killed" Defender. According to Microsoft, Defender does not want any third party anti-virus program running at the same time. Since I have deep mistrust of Microsoft in the first place, "killing" Defender was an easy choice.

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    DatRetha
    5 years ago
    @wallisdj thanks for that, I will definitely try it.

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