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Squick55
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
On-line only folders start syncing out of nowhere
Hey there, I don't know what board this should be placed under because none of them seem fitting for the issue I'm having. So I just installed a new SSD and did a clean install of all my main program...
Walter
Dropbox Staff
Hey Squick55, thanks for the additional information you provided us.
Now, just to rule out this possibility, could you temporarily disable the antivirus programs you have running on your computer and let us know if the issue happens again?
Squick55
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Ok, this is ridiculous. I thought everything had settled down, I did not turn off the anti-virus but the issues seemed to have stopped. This morning after booting up the syncing started again. Online-only folders changed and started syncing. What really boggles me is even after changing a folder back to online-only, getting the greyed out icon on the folder, within less than 5 minutes it switches and starts syncing again. It did this several times until it attempted to sync every file within that folder and I kept having to change it back. So then it moved to the next folder and started syncing that one so again, I changed it to online only but again, same thing after a few minutes starts trying to sync again. The way to finally get it to stop is reboot the computer then check to make sure things I want to stay online only are still set as that and it holds for about a week. Think it's been happening every Wed.
I'll see if I can just turn the AV off, last time I checked it seemed I have to uninstall it all together which seemed ridiculous. The reason I'm so hesitant about turning it off for a long period is because of an issue I had last October with hacking. Mainly my email but I did find Malware, just can't recall exactly which device so I've got things locked down pretty tight at the moment.
It's just very strange that even after changing a folder to online-only, even after it started trying to sync, it changes again within minutes and continues on. But it will stop if I reboot the computer.
- Squick552 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Ok, I turned off Trend Micro a couple days ago and just now DB started syncing folders again that weren't supposed to so it's not that. Will try turning off Malware bytes next. Happens every Wed.
- Squick552 years agoExplorer | Level 3
I just realized that Trend Micro is actually turned back on, I will try uninstalling it next week to make sure.
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