Acronis 2017 & Windows 10 64bit using Windows Defender, Defender Exclusion list
I have Acronis True image 2017 on W10 64 bit using the built in Windows Defender.
Today I noticed that in Defenders exclusions is this one:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Acronis\TrueImageHome\TrueImageHomeService.exe
Process
Should that be there listed as a Defender exclusion? I do not remember putting it in?
I wonder if any one could let me know if it should be there or not, or if there is an official Acronis document mentioning this.
Thanks
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I have to say, I'm a little disappointed that the official support for TI-2017 has ended already. Mine effectively was only supported for 6-7 months from when I purchased it. So unless I've misunderstood, I cannot ask Acronis support themselves it seems. I think thats bad, I've used free software with better support than that!


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Steve, thanks for the reply.
I don't remember seeing the exclusion listed before thats why I asked. But I don't check these exclusions often so I cannot say for sure.
I'm looking at: Start - Settings - Update & Security - Windows Defender, then click the "Open Windows Defender Security Center" - Virus and threat Protection - Virus & threat Protection settings. Towards the bottom is 'Exclusions' and its now listed there when you click to Add or Remove exclusions.
I'm on the latest build of W10 (16299.402 - well latest for the moment anyway) and have TI 2017 build 8058.
A full scan with Defender and Malwarebytes both show clean, so I've no reason to suspect its dodgy. But I'd rather not have any exceptions listed unless I really have to.
Support - I saw a date somewhere that mentioned the 2017 end of support date, which was about 6 months after I purchased it. Maybe the end of support was 30 days, this is just the first time I think I've wanted to use it. I understand that support must end some time, but not even letting you email them a question directly seems a bit OTT to me, unless you can email their support and I missed where? I'm quite happy with the product until now though.
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Thanks for the pointer to where you were looking in the Windows Defender settings - I can confirm that I see exactly the same exclusion added for my ATI 2018 application, and definitely didn't add that myself, so must be added during installation.
See webpage: Acronis Support Lifecycle Policy for Consumer Products for the official statement about support for each of the different product versions. Scroll down the page to where dates are shown.
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Steve, many thanks for your assistance.
And thank you for confirming the exclusion. I guess nothing to worry about then. Just odd I hadn't noticed it before.
I purchased it about Feb/Mar 2017, so I got about 6 months(ish) covered support maximum.
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