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Originally Posted by stumped
protected from what exactly?
there is no way that using calibre's add books to library will import ransomware !
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I am not worried about Calibre importing ransomware. I'm not sure why you would think that?
Frankly, I'm not particularly worried at all but if I am going to have ransomware protection on my system... my ebook library of 2893 books is pretty high up my list of directories I would like protected.
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Originally Posted by stumped
AFAIK, it is impossible to plant dangerous malware inside of an epub or AZW book,
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Well I am sorry to have to tell you that you are mistaken, as
Symantec point out here.
In fact this very topic was a source of another issue I had with Windows Defender, you see I am a Unix Admin and I work with security so a good portion of the aforementioned ebooks are about Programming, Shell Scrips, Pen Testing, Blockchain that kind of thing and it seems that books about computer security triggers Defender and it gets, well... defensive, I fixed that issue although I didn't bother posting it here as it wasn't an issue with Calibre per se, but if you're curious here is my
post.
However, I am also not worried about getting ransomware
from any of my ebooks. Again not sure why you would think that? In the event I do get ransomware on my system though... it would be nice if my ebook library wasn't the only directory that is actually vulnerable to attack.
Obviously I backup my system frequently so even if I was foolish enough to run something I shouldn't (and I never have been so far), it wouldn't really be an issue... that is not the point. The point is a built in part of system is not working as it should. I am familiar with the third party options... I have third party options, I am happy with my setup, it is just bugging me that
this isn't working as it should. I'm pretty sure I mentioned I had a workaround sorted already in my initial post. I only posted here to see if anyone had a regedit, shell command or even a group policy edit that might remedy the situation. Not because I'm worried... just because it isn't working and it should be and that is annoying!
As I said I am not particularly concerned, I was just curious if anyone here had a solution, you know since this is the main Calibre forum, I thought it was worth posting here as well as the Microsoft forums, don't worry though I won't make that mistake again
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Originally Posted by stumped
PS criticizing those who try to help is a good way to get yourself ignored.
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To be honest I sincerely doubt I will ever bother posting another thread here. You're such a lovely, welcoming group... the snarky, patronising comments, telling me to do the things
I explained in my first post, it's given me such a warm fuzzy feeling, definitely not in a good way.