Hello
I would like to know how this is working exactly… at the free version and if I purchase it.
In first place I assumed Avast would control the access of files in protected folders, in general. But it looks that Avast is just controlling if apps can change or delete protected files. It is possible for “unknown” apps to open / read those files… I was testing it with simple PDFs… the reader can read the PDFs and show the contents as normal… and Avast brings a popup about this access a few seconds later.
1) This is my first question: Avast Free AV will prevent apps from changing or deleting protected files… but they are allowed to read the files? Is this right?
What about the paid version?!
There is this “gift” in main window… with a 67% discount. There Avast shows that the paid version will “protect your personal files”… while the free version cannot do that.
2) My second question is: What is this protection doing? Has this something to do with the ransomware protection from question 1 ? Will apps be prevented from reading protected files?