In the Windows Security app, you'll find a setting called Controlled Folder Access. Microsoft recommends keeping this setting ...

Controlled Folder Access is a security feature included in Microsoft Defender Exploit Guard, a component of Microsoft Defender Antivirus. Its main purpose is to thwart ransomware attacks by preventing ...

Trying to access restricted folders in Windows 11 or Windows 10 but unable to do so? This guide will show you how to access the Access Denied or Restricted folder and its content on Windows 11/10 ...

The ransomware defense baked into Windows 10 and 11 lets users and admins protect certain folders from “untrusted” apps. But it may block apps you trust, causing frustration and wasted time. Caution ...

Enable and configure Windows 11's Controlled Folder Access to add a layer of protection against ransomware targeting locally stored data. In the first part of this series, I talked about how the ...