How to add an exclusion for bricscad.exe to Windows Security

Symptoms

BricsCAD activation failure, startup issues, frequent crashes, and poor performance.

Cause

The antivirus may mistakenly identify bricscad.exe as a threat, leading to undesired behavior, such as poor performance, activation failure, startup issues and frequent crashes.

Solution

To resolve this issue, follow the below steps to add an exclusion for bricscad.exe in Windows Defender:

  1. Open the Windows Start menu and go to Settings.
  2. Within the Settings dialog box, go to Privacy & security (Windows 11)/Update & Security (Windows 10) and select Windows Security.
  3. Under Windows Security, choose Virus & threat protection.
  4. In the Virus & threat protection settings, click Manage settings.
  5. Scroll down to Exclusions and select Add or remove exclusions.
  6. Click Add an exclusion and choose bricscad.exe.

By adding bricscad.exe to the exclusions list, you ensure that Windows Security will not interfere with its performance.