Risky action blocked

Situation

Working with Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) rules can cause Windows to block KONNEKT performing some of it's main actions.

Attack surface reduction rules reference - Microsoft Defender for EndpointMicrosoftLearn

Problem

Without exclusion KONNEKT crashes when trying to open or preview an Office file e.g. Word, Excel or PowerPoint.

In this case check for entries under Windows Security / Protection History:

Solution

Exclude KONNEKT from the ASR rule "Office Child Process":

"C:\Program Files\Konnekt\Konnekt.exe"

"C:\Program Files\Konnekt\KonnektStarter.exe"

Attack surface reduction rules reference - Microsoft Defender for EndpointMicrosoftLearn