Applications

You can specify a list of programs and processes which activity will be excluded from scanning by the file monitor SpIDer Guard, the internet monitor SpIDer Gate, and the mail anti-virus SpIDer Mail. The objects that are changed as a result of the activity of these applications are excluded.

To configure the list of excluded applications

1.Open Dr.Web menu Dr.Web icon, then select Security Center.

2.In the open window, click Exclusions tile.

3.Click the Applications tile.

Figure 93. Excluded applications list

The list is empty by default.

To add applications to the list

1.To add a program or a process to the exclusion list, click Add. Do one of the following actions:

•In the open window, click the Browse button to select an application. You can also enter the full path to the application manually or use environment variables, for example:

▫C:\Program Files\folder\example.exe

▫%PROGRAMFILES%\folder\example.exe

•To exclude an application from scan, enter its name in the field. The full path to the application is not required, for example:

example.exe

•To exclude applications from scan, enter the defining mask of their names. More about masks;

A mask denotes the common part of object names, at that:

▫The asterisk (*) character replaces any, possibly empty, sequence of characters.

▫The question mark (?) replaces any character (one).

Examples:

▫C:\Program Files\folder\*.exe—excludes applications in the folder C:\Program Files\folder from scanning. Applications in subfolders will be scanned.

▫C:\Program Files\*\*.exe—excludes applications stored in the first nesting level subfolders of C:\Program Files.

▫C:\Program Files\**\*.exe—excludes applications in subfolders of any nesting level located in the folder C:\Program Files from scanning. Applications in the folder C:\Program Files will be scanned.

▫C:\Program Files\folder\exam*.exe—excludes any application in the folder C:\Program Files\folder from scanning if their names begin with exam. In subfolders, these applications will be scanned.

▫example.txt—excludes all applications with the name example and the .exe extension located in all folders.

▫example* —excludes all types of applications with the name starting with example located in all folders.

▫example.*—excludes all applications with the name example in all folders without regard for the extension.

•You can exclude an application from scan by the name of a variable if the name and a value of this variable are specified in the system variable settings. example.

%EXAMPLE_PATH%\example.exe – excludes an application by the name of a system variable. A name of a system variable and its value can be specified, if needed, in the operating system settings.

For Windows 7 and higher: Control Panel → System → Advanced system settings → Advanced → Environment variables → System variables.

A name of a variable in an example: EXAMPLE_PATH.

A value of a variable in an example: C:\Program Files\folder.

2.In setting window, specify the components that should not scan the selected application.

Figure 94. Adding applications to the exclusions

3.For objects, excluded from scans by the SpIDer Gate and SpIDer Mail components, specify additional conditions.

Parameter

Description

Regardless of whether the application has a digital signature

Select this parameter to exclude the application from scan regardless of whether it has a valid digital signature or not.

If the application has a valid digital signature

Select this parameter to exclude the application from scan only if it has a valid digital signature. Otherwise, the application will be scanned by the components.

Any traffic

Select this parameter to exclude encrypted and non-encrypted application traffic from scan.

Encrypted traffic

Select this parameter to exclude only encrypted application traffic from scan.

On all IP addresses and ports

Select this parameter to exclude traffic on all IP addresses and ports from scan.

On specific IP addresses and ports

Select this parameter to exclude specific IP addresses and ports from scan. Traffic from other IP addresses and ports will be scanned (unless specified otherwise).

To specify addresses and ports

To configure exclusion settings follow the guidance below:

•To exclude a specific domain corresponding to a particular port from scan, enter site.com:80, for example.

•To exclude scanning of traffic on a custom port (for example, 1111), enter *:1111.

•To exclude scan of traffic on any port, enter site:*.

 

4.Click OK. The selected application will appear on the list.

5.If necessary, repeat the procedure to add other programs.

Managing listed objects

The following management elements are available to work with objects in the table:

•The Add button—adding an object to the exclusion list.

•The Edit button—editing the selected object in the exclusion list.

•The Remove button—removing the selected object from the exclusion list.

You can also access these settings by right-clicking the selected object or several selected objects.

•Click More to access the following options:

▫Export—allows you to save the created list of exclusions to be used on another computer where Dr.Web is installed.

▫Import—allows you to use the list of exclusions created on another computer.

▫Clear all—allows you to remove all objects from the list of exclusions.