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koltipelto's avatar
koltipelto
Helpful | Level 5
8 years ago

Possible conflict with Dropbox and Trend Micro (Dropbox freezing)

I have dropbox business, I will not say every computer, but half of the company's computers are crashing.   At first I thought it could be a driver, a virus, or even a windows 10 error. I got to ...
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dropbox business
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  • dflord's avatar
    dflord
    7 years ago

    Hi Jane, thanks for your reply. I've simply turned off the selective sync feature and that has resolved the issue. If I have time, I'll turn it back on and see if the problem returns. 


    Thanks. 

  • binary's avatar
    binary
    7 years ago

    I would like to update that the problem resolved on our side now and here is the steps taken.

    - Clean up the registry

    - Uninstall and Install back Dropbox

    - Uninstall and Install back Worry Free Business Security

    ------- Added Dropbox program files path in Approved List (just in case)

     

    Also device speed improved quite a bit. We did not reinstall the windows.

     

    Environment

    - Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)

    - Worry Free Business Security Services (Trend Micro)

     

    I hope it helps to someone.

     

  • Lucio's avatar
    Lucio
    7 years ago

    The issue has been resolved by Trend Micro and we have confirmed that the Trend Micro fix worked and no longer have a freeze on start when Dropbox is set to run at startup as well. For reference, the Virus Pattern that contains the fix is 14.287.00.

     

    Thanks to all of the users that reported this!

Jane's avatar
Jane
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
8 years ago
 
Welcome to the Dropbox Community, I'd be glad to look into that with you! 
 
Just to make sure that I have understood correctly, is Dropbox causing your devices to crash or is the Dropbox desktop application silently crashing on your computers? 
 
You mention that this is a team-wide behavior. Are you experiencing this only on your Windows 10 machines? 
 
As per your description below: 
 
 I got to format 2 of them, and still they keep crashing, they get frozen screen, I can not do anything, I have to force the physical button.
 
the issue persists outside Dropbox, meaning when the application is completely closed, which suggests that the cause is related to something on your Operating System that could be causing this. In case the above assumption is wrong, please let me know. 
 
Will be awaiting your reply, so that we analyze the case together!
 
Warm regards, 
JaneA
  • koltipelto's avatar
    koltipelto
    Helpful | Level 5
    8 years ago

    @JaneA Thanks for you reaply! 

     

    And sorry abou my englis. 

     

    Dropbox don't stop, the computer stopped, it's like freezing, i can't do nafen. What I did to be sure that was dropbox, I reboot the computer on safety mode, disable the Dropbox, OneDrive and fences program... And work for one day, no freezes, so I started to enable the others programs one each day... and yesterday enable the Dropbox than the computer freeze after like 4 minutes or less. Today the same computer is running perfect, but if out dropbox enable.

    This issue is occurs if Windows 10-64 bits fully update and another one in Windows 7 (but the windows 7, now is on Windows 10, I had to format and update too).

    What was strange, the windows 7 was if that problem, but when update to 10, the problem stop’s.

    The other two on Windows 10 still if problem, one of than keeps using Dropbox but sometimes, just sometimes freezes, on other hand the desktop freezes every time when dropbox is on.

     

    Just for record, I already tried to reinstall..

    • WD's avatar
      WD
      Helpful | Level 5
      8 years ago

      Hi, we're having the same problem with our computers running Windows 7 for most.

      Half of them freeze when they start and it's impossible to open the Dropbox application. The only thing we can do is shut them down physically.

      It's only happening since version 30.4.22 has been out about 2 weeks ago.

      • Jane's avatar
        Jane
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        8 years ago
        Hey @koltipelto & @WD, 
         
        Please accept my apologies for getting back to you in delay, let's look into the matter more! 
         
        • @koltipelto: I have to admit the behavior is quite unexpected, since it appears that the application is causing your device to crash. Off the top of my head, seems like your computer can’t cope with the overall size of the client. As a first step, I’d suggest applying Selective Sync to the folders that you don't need to have see locally on your computer. If this persists I’d advise you to ask your admin to call in or chat in to our team through the admin console during our Business hours and provide us more details regarding the case. From this point on, my colleagues will take care care of your request. If there is a ticket I could reference, please include it in your reply and I’d more than glad to follow-up! 
        • @WD: The issue you have experienced seems different than the one previously described, so I'll follow different steps with you. Please try rebooting your pc once and disable your antivirus or any other security program that may be preventing Dropbox from running as expected in the background. 
        If the issue persists, please let me know in your reply! 
         
        Warm regards, 
        JaneA

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