Remove the virus sensitivity or other 'security' theatre?

Dr Julius · July 23, 2023

Sorry, it keeps nagging me about files that need to be copied or moved, and I have my own ways of deciding what's safe and what is not. I seriously do not want file- or pool-managers deciding what is secure or not. Can I bypass this decision-making by this software?

And by the way, all of them are useless false-positives too. But either way, it's not a task for Stablebit Drivepool to be making decisions on content or its value or security.

Please make that optional.

Shane · July 24, 2023

Uh, yes, I'd agree, it's not a task for DrivePool - because it doesn't do that. DrivePool just pools files, the specific content of those files is irrelevant to it. Post screenshot (redact specifics if necessary)?

Dr Julius · May 24

It still does that, probably by responding to some Windows security-policies, but the notification and refusal to handle some files is notified by the Drivepool software, which refuses to copy or even open some files because of it. I'm amazed nobody else ever commented on this. I have no other software which is so 'obedient' towards Windows security obsessions.

Shane · May 24

Hi, DrivePool does not inspect - nor does it block the inspection of - the content inside your files. If you're getting warnings about suspicious files, that's whatever security software you're using (or the one built into Windows) doing its own job. If you're certain they're false positives then most security software allows you to set exclusions on particular files, folders or drives; depending on how pervasive the security software is you may need to exclude both the pool and the poolparts because it may scan both (e.g. I leave my pool drive included but exclude all the hidden poolpart folders on drives that form it so that the security software doesn't "double up" its scanning).