Well… , see here some other opinions (non-evangelists)
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r31519031-Avast-Antivirus-v17-5-2303-Released
“Avast Antivirus v17.5.2303 Released
Avast Antivirus v17.5.2303
Released 18 July 2017”
“Is this program still bloated? For example having a crazy amount of “shields” along with unnecessary services?”
"I think it does and that is why I just post the updates and don’t use it anymore!! good luck bro "
I personally think all this crapp is to simply to continue pushing the nonsense video.
I’m finished with any other responses to this post. Apparently the user isn’t willing to listen to reason.
When he realized that he added the folder to ransomware shield but even after that the files got encrypted by another ransomware.
What does this mean? Does Avast protect really “randomly some folders”? I cannot believe this…
From my system, that was exactly the case. I don’t know what kind of mechanism they use, but I know it’s a garbage one. I have tons of images in Pictures folder. And avast! just selectively picked few folders from it. Not even all the folders or entire Pictures folder. Granted, I have my data folders on drive D: (relocated), but quite frankly, these destinations are variable based, it doesn’t matter where user relocates them, Windows is always aware of the path.
Ransomware Shield - FAQ: https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB50
Ransomware Shield secures your personal photos, documents, [b]and other files[/b] from being modified, deleted, or encrypted by ransomware attacks. This feature scans for and automatically secures folders which may contain personal data and allows you to specify which other folders you want to protect from untrusted applications. Additionally, you can specify which applications are allowed to modify the files in your folders and which applications are always blocked.So , if we can protect the files we want, why not protect all the files on the hard drive ?
Ok, but that’s unbelievable, until one adds all his personal folders manually. And this may slow the system down …
They say it’s for performance reasons. Though, quite frankly, protecting entire Documents, Pictures, Music and Videos folders shouldn’t present too much of a performance hit quite frankly.
However , I just did the test , impossible to add 
(A message appears, but I do not have time to read it full , it disappears quickly , just begins by : “impossible to add…”)
If the folder in question is under user\user name\Pictures (i.e. Pictures) what is said here is that not all pictures and their respective folders inside the Picture folder is/are protected? Must one create a custom file protection setting for each folder?
Isn’t the default setting really about the file extension? See attached below:
Not clear at all what is not protected by default settings here if we go by what has been posted.
I’m sure one of the Avast evangelists will promptly reply that you are the problem and Avast works perfectly. Meanwhile, we should all consider a product that performs without bloatware that is soulessly designed for marketing purposes.
Any suggestions?
What are you doing on this Avast help forum ??? You don’t have a question and obviously aren’t here to offer any help ???
Yeah, too much blind fanboy shit here . They just don’t want to see or hear anything bad about Avast or they just want to be in the good boy list of Avast.
Just OT here.
More interesting for me is information from the Avast people how this function really works.
https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB50 misses concrete information what exaxtly is protected. “scans for and automatically secures folders which may contain personal data” is pure nonsense.
Total bull. We criticize Avast more than most novices but, we do it to improve the product.
Most of the comments here are from folks who don’t know the first thing about the product or,
those with an agenda.
If I don’t like a product, and can’t get a problem with that product resolved, I move on.
I don’t waste my time writing meaningless petty crap on their forum. Especially a support forum
where most of the posts come from people who have a problem and are seeking help.
Hi gyus,
I may lost it in this thread but first of all the ransomware shield isn’t configured based on directories only but even on extensions.
The guy in the video haven’t add the .txt into the protected extensions and therefore his URLs are lost.
Regards,
PDI
+1
We always look to help. Maybe not white hats here?
@ PDI - valid point - crippling an antivirus to make a point is pointless.
Exactly, Bob. Such comments are spam. For me at least.