Ransomware Shield automatically added folders question?

[RejZoR]

I'm wondering how is Avast adding folders to Ransomware Shield. Is it periodically checking folders for presence of many files it's made to protect and keeps adding them if it finds them at later time?

[Asyn]

Is it periodically checking folders for presence of many files it's made to protect and keeps adding them if it finds them at later time?

Afaik, yes.