Exclusions

In the Exclusions section, you can specify the list of files and folders to exclude from the anti-virus check.

To edit lists of files and  paths excluded from scan

1.In the Excluded paths and files line, specify a path to corresponding file or folder.

2.To add a new line, click , and specify a path in the new line.

3.To remove a path from the list, click next to the corresponding line.

The list of paths excluded from the scan can contain the following elements:

1.Direct path in the explicit form to the excluded object. At this:

•A character \ or / excludes the entire disc with the OS installation folder,

•A character \ at the end of a path excludes the folder from checking,

•A path without a character \ at the end—all subfolders of the selected folder are excluded from checking.

For Windows: C:\Windows instructs to skip scanning files of the C:\Windows folder and all its subfolders.

For UNIX system-based OS: /etc instructs to skip scanning files of the /etc folder and all its subfolders.

2.Masks of objects, excluded from the scan. The ? and the * symbols can be used to specify masks.

For Windows: C:\Windows\*\*.dll instructs to skip scanning all files with the dll extension at all subfolders of the C:\Windows folder.

For UNIX system-based OS: /etc/*/*.pub instructs to skip scanning all files with the pub extension at all subfolders of the /etc folder.

3.Environment variables set in the operating system as a part of path to objects to be excluded from the scan.

For Windows: %WINDIR%\SysWOW64\ instructs to skip scanning all files in the SysWOW64 subfolder of the C:\Windows folder.

For UNIX system-based OS: /home/*/network instructs to skip scanning all files in the network subfolder of the /home folder.

4.Regular expression. Paths can be specified through regular expressions. Any file those full name (with the path) corresponds to a regular expression is excluded from checking.

The syntax of regular expressions used for excluding paths from scanning is as follows:

qr{expression}flags

As a flag mostly the character i is used. It instructs "to ignore letter case difference".

Examples of specifying excluded paths through regular expressions

Regular expressions briefly described in the Appendices document, in the Appendix J. Regular Expressions Used in Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite section.