Hi Alan,
You've reached the AVG community support forum.
From your description, we assume that you've been prompted to secure your documents, by the 'Sensitive Data Shield' in your AVG Internet Security.
Sensitive Data Shield is a feature in AVG Internet Security that scans and protects your personal sensitive documents against unauthorized access and malware. The files considered as sensitive contain your personal information which, if revealed, can compromise your privacy and identity. Sensitive Data Shield secures your private data by controlling which applications and users have access to your files.
Once you click on "Resolve", your sensitive documents will be protected. If an untrusted application, malware, or user who is not logged in to your Windows account tries to access your protected files, Sensitive Data Shield blocks access or prompts you to confirm if the access attempt should be blocked.
Refer to this article for more information about Sensitive Data Shield.
Let us know if you have further queries.
Hi Alan,
You've reached the AVG community support forum.
From your description, we assume that you've been prompted to secure your documents, by the 'Sensitive Data Shield' in your AVG Internet Security.
Sensitive Data Shield is a feature in AVG Internet Security that scans and protects your personal sensitive documents against unauthorized access and malware. The files considered as sensitive contain your personal information which, if revealed, can compromise your privacy and identity. Sensitive Data Shield secures your private data by controlling which applications and users have access to your files.
Once you click on "Resolve", your sensitive documents will be protected. If an untrusted application, malware, or user who is not logged in to your Windows account tries to access your protected files, Sensitive Data Shield blocks access or prompts you to confirm if the access attempt should be blocked.
Refer to this article for more information about Sensitive Data Shield.
Let us know if you have further queries.
I have some files (.docx and PDFs that are coming up as at risk on scan. If I accept the option to 'Resolve the problems' what happens? Are the files deleted?
You're welcome, Alan.
Feel free to write back to us if you have further queries.
We'd be happy to help you.