Forticlient Anti-Ransomware Protected Folders

[rg2017]

Hello everyone,

I'm looking at configuring the anti-ransomware protection in Forticlient. We are currently running 6.4.8. I haven't found information on the format for protected folders. I would like to add the user Documents folder (among others) to the protected folders. Can I use a wildcard character "*"? How about path variables like %userprofile%? If the path variable is valid, I assume that %userprofile% would apply to the logged-in user. Any help/tips would be appreciated. 

Thank you!

[Anthony_E]

Hello rg2017,

Thank you for using the Community Forum.

I will seek to get you an answer or help. We will reply to this thread with an update as soon as possible.

Regards,

[Anthony_E]

Hello rg2017,

I have found this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzqULPiNxBk

Could you please indicate me if it helps?

Regards,

[rg2017]

Good information. Thank you.

[peisenberg]

hello @rg2017 

Yes you can use variables in protected folders. Also documentation should be updated now. 

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/forticlient/7.0.6/ems-administration-guide/447132/malware-protect...

Pavol

[rg2017]

I'm using 6.4.8. I assume this information applies to that version as well.

[rg2017]

I was wondering about adding mapped network drives to the ransomware protection. Is that a good idea, or no?