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App Control: Why Files Are Being Approved By Approve Writes By Trusted Processes Rule

App Control: Why Files Are Being Approved By Approve Writes By Trusted Processes Rule

Environment

  • App Control: All Supported Versions

Question

Why are files being approved by the "approve writes from trusted processes" rule?
 

Answer

This rule will be triggered if the process or parent process is promoted

Additional Notes

There are a few reasons a process is being promoted, but the most common are:

  • File has been marked as an installer either manually or through a trusted directory
  • Custom rule with the Promote action is selected
  • Updater rules, can sometimes promote specific processes

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