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files such as documents, photos, or movies from being accessed by untrusted
apps. With Bitdefender Safe Files you can settle personal files to a shelter
and configure on your own which apps should be allowed to make changes
in the protected files and which should not.
To add afterwards files to the protected environment:
1. Click Protection on the navigation menu on the Bitdefender interface.
2. Select the Anti-Ransomware tab.
3. Click Protected Files in the Safe Files area.
4. Click the button labeled with the plus sign (+), located under the protected
files list. Then, choose the file, folder or volume to be protected in case
ransomware attacks will try access them.
To avoid system slow down, we recommend you to add utmost 30 folders,
or save multiple files in a single folder.
By default, the folders Pictures, Documents, Desktop, and Downloads are
protected against threat attacks.
Note
Custom folders can be protected only for current users. External drives, system
and app files cannot be added to the protection environment.
You will be informed each time an unknown app with an unusual behavior
will try to modify the files you added. Click Allow or Block to add it to the
Managing Applications list.
9.9.1. Applications Access
Those apps that try to change or delete protected files may be flagged as
potentially unsafe and added to the Blocked apps' list. If such an app is
blocked and you are sure that its behavior is normal, you can allow it by
following these steps:
1. Click Protection on the navigation menu on the Bitdefender interface.
2. Select the Anti-Ransomware tab.
3. Click Application Access in the Safe Files area.
4. Change the status to Allow next to the blocked app.
Apps that are set on Allow can be set on Blocked as well.
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