# Screenshot: The protection is not working. **URL:** \ **Category:** SpyShelter\ **Created:** [October 24, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/screenshot-the-protection-is-not-working/426 "2025-10-24T19:26:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alex1](https://forum.spyshelter.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@alex1](https://forum.spyshelter.com/u/alex1)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/screenshot-the-protection-is-not-working/426/1 "2025-10-24T19:26:19Z")
Windows 10, took a screenshot even if protection is enabled, this has never happened before. If you disable and enable protection, it works, but this should not be the case. ![2025-10-23_12-32-15](https://forum.spyshelter.com/uploads/default/original/1X/bbc3add71fb3c34dc2a7ceed880a3352f4495a34.png) ---
**Author:** ![SpyShelterCarl](https://forum.spyshelter.com/user_avatar/forum.spyshelter.com/spysheltercarl/32/7_2.png) [@SpyShelterCarl](https://forum.spyshelter.com/u/SpyShelterCarl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/screenshot-the-protection-is-not-working/426/2 "2025-10-24T19:27:33Z")
Sorry for the issue. We will investigate and try to reproduce this. When you say “Windows 10 took a screenshot” can you give more details on what happened exactly? ---
**Author:** ![alex1](https://forum.spyshelter.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@alex1](https://forum.spyshelter.com/u/alex1)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/screenshot-the-protection-is-not-working/426/3 "2025-10-27T06:11:58Z")
**Hello,** Right now I can’t reproduce the issue. I first noticed the bug by accident, I needed to take a screenshot, and it worked. At first, I thought I had accidentally disabled the screenshot lock, but then I checked and saw that it was still enabled, yet screenshots were still being taken (I shared one earlier). This went on for a few days. At the moment, everything seems to be working fine. I’ll try to reproduce the bug within the next two weeks. If I can’t, feel free to close the thread. By the way, is it possible to contact you by email after the thread is closed, in case the issue happens again? ---
**Author:** ![alex1](https://forum.spyshelter.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@alex1](https://forum.spyshelter.com/u/alex1)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/screenshot-the-protection-is-not-working/426/4 "2025-10-27T12:24:57Z")
I managed to reproduce the issue. I launched Cursor, it ran a small Python web parsing script to monitor wristwatch prices and after that, screenshots started appearing while protection was enabled. However, the screenshots only captured some running applications, like the browser, any open folder, the calculator, or SpyShelter itself. The desktop with icons is protected, but there’s nothing interesting there anyway. I remembered that last time Cursor was also running when this happened. By the way, I didn’t lower the security level in SpyShelter, and I don’t use or test any malicious software. ---
**Author:** ![Kaliban](https://forum.spyshelter.com/user_avatar/forum.spyshelter.com/kaliban/32/29_2.png) [@Kaliban](https://forum.spyshelter.com/u/Kaliban)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/screenshot-the-protection-is-not-working/426/5 "2025-10-27T12:35:07Z")
Hello, if you wish, while waiting for the SpyShelter team to resolve the issue, you can install ScreenWings. It is a freeware single executable file, and I have been using it for some time. Anyway it’s only downloadable from MajorGeeks website, not anymore from ScreenWings official website. [ScreenWings - Anti-screenshot - schiffer.tech UG (haftungsbeschränkt)](https://schiffer.tech/screenwings.html) (Official website) [Download ScreenWings - MajorGeeks](https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/screenwings.html) (Download@MajorGeeks) ---
**Author:** ![alex1](https://forum.spyshelter.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@alex1](https://forum.spyshelter.com/u/alex1)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/screenshot-the-protection-is-not-working/426/6 "2025-10-27T13:01:39Z")
> [@alex1](#): > > SpyShelter no, only SpyShelter! ---
**Author:** ![SpyShelterCarl](https://forum.spyshelter.com/user_avatar/forum.spyshelter.com/spysheltercarl/32/7_2.png) [@SpyShelterCarl](https://forum.spyshelter.com/u/SpyShelterCarl)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/screenshot-the-protection-is-not-working/426/7 "2025-10-27T14:36:18Z")
@alex1 Thanks for your report, we will try to reproduce/solve this issue. ---
**Author:** ![Surt](https://forum.spyshelter.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Surt](https://forum.spyshelter.com/u/Surt)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/screenshot-the-protection-is-not-working/426/8 "2025-10-27T18:58:18Z")
> [@alex1](#): > > I launched Cursor If by that you mean the AI coder, it determined it doesn’t want you running an anti-screenshot. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![jasonX](https://forum.spyshelter.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jasonX](https://forum.spyshelter.com/u/jasonX)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/screenshot-the-protection-is-not-working/426/9 "2025-11-08T12:14:07Z")
Yes, it’s the AI coder. > **[Cursor: The best way to code with AI](https://cursor.com/)** > > Built to make you extraordinarily productive, Cursor is the best way to code with AI.