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PC Security SATA Drive Protection
Does WSA PC Security block suspicious programs entering from a removable SATA drive? I am assuming the SATA drive is included with the USB Shield since there is no listing for other types of removable drives.
Best answer by JimM
The potentially malicious contents of the drive would have to execute in order to be a threat, and Webroot would still protect you against the threat, regardless of it initiating from a non-system drive. It would be the same as protecting you from threats originating from a secondary, internal SATA hard drive. Even a hot-swapped SATA drive is going to act like a regular SATA hard drive in these respects. All of the shields still apply (realtime, behavioral, core system, offline, zero day).
Unknowns are still monitored and journaled as well, but they are not blocked outright as the question asks.
View originalUnknowns are still monitored and journaled as well, but they are not blocked outright as the question asks.
The potentially malicious contents of the drive would have to execute in order to be a threat, and Webroot would still protect you against the threat, regardless of it initiating from a non-system drive. It would be the same as protecting you from threats originating from a secondary, internal SATA hard drive. Even a hot-swapped SATA drive is going to act like a regular SATA hard drive in these respects. All of the shields still apply (realtime, behavioral, core system, offline, zero day).
Unknowns are still monitored and journaled as well, but they are not blocked outright as the question asks.
Unknowns are still monitored and journaled as well, but they are not blocked outright as the question asks.
/// JimM /// /// Former Community Manager - Now Humble Internet Citizen/// /// Also Formerly a Technical Support Escalations Engineer ///
Thanks Jim. It's always pleasure to be reading posts which confirm WSA's capabilities in protecting us against threats regardless of the way they could try to infiltrate ;)
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