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How To Exclude Files, Folders In Malwarebytes

I wrote before about using a program called Audials.

Read here: https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-download-youtube-with-audials-one

One commenter claimed to have problems downloading HD videos. I tried on my own with no issues. So I searched online to see if others were having problems. I got to forums that suggested that Malwarebytes Ransomware Protection might be the cause.

To disable this it’s simple enough. Open the program and down in the right-hand corner you’ll see a section called Real-Time Protection. Just click on the little switch opposite Ransomware Protection. This only applies to the premium version. If you are using the free version, it’s not enabled anyway.

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If you don’t want to disable your protection while downloading videos, then just add Audials to the exclusion list. Just click on the settings wheel in the top right-hand corner. Then click on the Allow List. Then Add.

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Then, Allow a file or folder.

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Find the file or folder you want to allow– in this case C:\Program Files(x86)\Audials. Then select folder.

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And then click on Done. In the Exclusion rules section, because I only have the free version, I only have one option– Exclude from detection as malware or potentially unwanted item only.

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In the premium version, you can experiment with the other two options, whatever works best. And now you’ll see the excluded file/folder in the list.

I haven’t yet heard from the commenter in question, so I don’t know if this helped solve the problem. The only other option that I’ve come across to fix the Audials problem was to check for updates.

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