When the Acronis Active Protection service is on, it monitors the processes running on your computer by using the real-time mode. When it detects a third-party process that tries to encrypt your files, the service informs you about it and asks if you want to allow the process to modify your files or block the process. Refer to Acronis Active Protection for details.
You can configure Acronis Active Protection settings and control the protection process from several places:
Acronis Active Protection dashboard
Acronis Active Protection settings page
Windows taskbar notification area
Acronis Active Protection dashboard
The dashboard represents a number of statistic data on the protection process and allows you to configure the main Acronis Active Protection settings, such as permission list and exclusions.
To open the dashboard, start Acronis True Image 2018, and then click Active Protection on the sidebar.
The dashboard allows you to:
Turn the Acronis Active Protection service on and off
Manage the permission list
This list allows you to trust or block applications.
Manage exclusions
Use the exclusion list to specify files and folders that you do not want to protect from ransomware.
Monitor in real-time mode:
The current number of the processes being analyzed
The current number of protected files
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Acronis Active Protection settings page
To configure Acronis Active Protection:
Start Acronis True Image 2018.
On the sidebar, click Active Protection, and then click Active Protection settings.
The page contains the following settings:
Automatically recover files after blocking a process—When you block a process, there is still possibility that your files were modified. If this check box is selected, Acronis True Image 2018 recovers the files from their temporary copies or your backups, after blocking a process.
Protect Acronis True Image files from ransomware—Acronis True Image 2018 will protect its own processes, and your backups and archives, from ransomware.
Ask to move potential threats to quarantine (experimental)—When a suspicious process is detected and you decide to block it, Acronis True Image 2018 will suggest moving the application file to quarantine. Refer to Ransomware quarantine for details.
Windows taskbar notification area
The Acronis Active Protection utility has its own icon in the taskbar notification area.
Right-clicking the icon opens the following menu items:
Turn off Acronis Active Protection (Turn on Acronis Active Protection)—click to turn the ransomware protection off or on.
Manage permission list—click to open the list of applications added to the permission list. Each application is marked as blocked or trusted. You can add and remove applications from the list and change their status.
Open settings—click to open general settings of the ransomware protection.
Open Acronis True Image—click to open the Acronis Active Protection dashboard.
