In the Exclusions section, you can specify a list of files and folders to be excluded from a remote anti-virus scan performed by Dr.Web Agent Scanner.
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Exclusions can be specified only for a custom scan.
Before adding any exclusions, make sure to check out recommendations on using anti-virus software on computers running Windows OS. The information can be found at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/virus-scanning-recommendations-for-enterprise-computers-that-are-running-windows-or-windows-server-kb822158-c067a732-f24a-9079-d240-3733e39b40bc. This article is intended to help you improve system performance in the presence of anti-virus software. |
To edit lists of files and paths excluded from scanning
1.Specify a path to a file or folder in the Excluded paths and files field.
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 object path in the explicit form:
•a backslash \ excludes the entire system disc in Windows OS,
•a forward slash / excludes the entire root file system in a Unix-like OS,
•a backslash \ (or forward slash / in a Unix-like OS) at the end of a path excludes the folder from scanning,
•a path that does not end with a backslash \ (or forward slash / in a Unix-like OS) means that all subfolders of the selected folder are excluded from scanning.
Example for Windows: C:\Windows—do not scan files in the C:\Windows folder and all its subfolders.
Example for a Unix-like OS: /etc—do not scan files in the /etc folder and all its subfolders.
2.Masks for objects excluded from the scan. The ? and * characters can be used to specify masks.
Example for Windows: C:\Windows\*\*.dll—do not scan any files with the dll extension in all subfolders of the C:\Windows folder.
Example for a Unix-like OS: /etc/*/*.pub—do not scan any files with the pub extension in all subfolders of the /etc folder.
3.Environment variables set in the operating system as parts of paths to objects to be excluded from the scan.
Example for Windows: %WINDIR%\SysWOW64\—do not scan any files in the SysWOW64 subfolder of the C:\Windows folder.
Example for a Unix-like OS: /home/*/network—do not scan any files in the network subfolder of the /home folder.
4.Regular expression. Paths can be specified using regular expressions. Any file whose full name (with the path) corresponds to a regular expression is excluded from the scan.
Use the following regular expression syntax to specify excluded object paths:
qr{<expression>}<flags>
The most frequently specified flag is i: "ignore letter case difference".
Examples of specifying excluded paths using regular expressions
Regular expression |
Value |
|---|---|
qr{\\pagefile\.sys$}i |
do not scan Windows OS swap files |
qr{\\notepad\.exe$}i |
do not scan notepad.exe files |
qr{^C:}i |
do not scan disk C: |
qr{^.:\\WINNT\\}i |
do not scan WINNT folders on all disks |
qr{(^C:)|(^.:\\WINNT\\)}i |
two previous cases combined |
qr{^C:\\dir1\\dir2\\file\.ext$}i |
do not scan c:\dir1\dir2\file.ext |
qr{^C:\\dir1\\dir2\\(.+\\)?file\.ext$}i |
do not scan file.ext if it is located in the c:\dir1\dir2 folder or its subfolders |
qr{^C:\\dir1\\dir2\\}i |
do not scan c:\dir1\dir2 and its subfolders |
qr{dir\\[^\\]+}i |
do not scan the dir subfolder located in any folder, but do scan its subfolders |
qr{dir\\}i |
do not scan the dir subfolder located in any folder and its subfolders |
Regular expressions are briefly described in the Appendices document, in Appendix I. Regular Expressions Used in Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite.