RE: Cannot allow a programme I trust because Defender is blocking
Hi JohnDavid,
Unfortunately, I was too confident. What you proposed was easy to be done,
but I reboot and ... Damned. This has no effect at all.
"JohnDavid" wrote:
<span style="color:blue">
> I have another suggestion, but bear with me first. First, I went back to
> Defender and was reminded that even running as Administrator, there are many
> programs (including Vista internals) that I still cannot control there.
> However, what I saw consistently was for those I CAN control
> (enable/disable), the "Startup Type" is listed as 'Registry: Local Machine'.
> And for those I CANNOT control, the "Startup Type" is listed as 'Registry:
> Local Machine'.
>
> That prompted me to look further into security ("access rights" as you
> suggested) for EXEs in both categories. At first I seemed to be on to
> something when I found that the owner for apps I CANNOT control in Defender
> was System, whereas owner for those I CAN control was Administrators. But
> then I found a couple where Owner was Administrators, but I still couldn't
> control the app. ****!
>
> Anyway, here is something else to try: in Defender, choose Tools, then
> Options. Scroll down to 'Advanced options'. There you can add the path to
> files you don't want Defender to monitor (an Exclude list). I successfully
> used this mechanism to prevent Defender from trying to stop the
> implementation of a customized Hosts file that SpyBot does for me. Other
> than that, I am at a loss. Please post back; I'll be curious to know if the
> above resolves your issue.
>
>
> "LanM" wrote:
> <span style="color:green">
> > Indeed BillD's suggestion did not worked.
> > Yours did notworked either. The "Allways allow" message never appear indeed
> > and I suspect the source of the problem is at the level of access rights
> > because I have been obliged to enter into that topic when I fully reinstalled
> > my PC and a back-up of all data.
> > Does this triger an idea on your side?
> > Cheers
> >
> > "JohnDavid" wrote:
> > <span style="color:darkred">
> > > When I encountered the problem you described, the only mechanism that worked
> > > was to run Defender as Adminstrator. That then allowed the 'enable' button
> > > to become active. I did not have any success with Billd's suggestion to
> > > "show all users". Post back for everyone's benefit if running as
> > > administrator resolves your problem.
> > >
> > > "LanM" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > I have a back-up programme that is being blocked by Widows Defender and I
> > > > have to unblock it every time I power on.
> > > >
> > > > The Windows deneder help tells me
> > > > "The next time Windows Defender alerts you about the software, on the Action
> > > > menu in the Alert dialog box, click Always Allow. If you are prompted for an
> > > > administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide
> > > > confirmation."
> > > >
> > > > But I cannot find the action menu in the alert box. The only menu I found are
> > > > - Remove or disable
> > > > - Unblock
> > > > - help.
> > > >
> > > > When using software explorer in Widows defender, I can see the software but
> > > > the button "enable" remains inactive.
> > > >
> > > > How can I declare that a software is allowed?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks a lot for your help.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers</span></span></span>