Applies to Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0 for Storage
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0 for Storage allows to exclude objects from scan:
- exclude selected files, scripts or folders;
- exclude files, scripts or folders using a mask;
- exclude objects by threat type.
The easiest way to configure exclusions is via Kaspersky Anti-virus Trusted zone. It is recommended to configure task-specific exclusions for on-demand-scan tasks only.
Scripts can be excluded from scan only via Trusted zone.
Below are different scenarios to configure task-specific exclusions:
Exclude selected files, scripts or folders
- Select an Anti-virus task in the console.
- Go to the tab Configuring scan scope
- Uncheck boxes of files/folders which you want to exclude from scan:
By unchecking child nodes, the parent one becomes grey.
- Save the changes.
Exclude files, scripts or folders using a mask
- Select an Anti-virus task in the console.
- Go to the tab Configuring scan scope
- Select a file/folder which you want to exclude from scan and click Settings
- Go to the tab Performance, check the box Exclude objects, click Edit and enter a mask.
For example:
*.exe – all files with extension .exe
*.ex? – all files with extension ex?, where ? stands for any single symbol
test – all files named test
By entering masks to a child node, the box of the parent one becomes grey.
The field Exclude object can be used for masks only. No object paths here.
- Save the changes.
Exclude objects by threat type
- Select an Anti-virus task in the console.
- Go to the tab Configuring scan scope
- Select a file/folder for which you want to make an exclusion (i.e. Anti-virus will ignore certain threats detected inside it) and click Settings.
- Go to the tab Performance, check the box Exclude threats, click Edit and enter a threat type. It is necessary to enter an original threat name (as defined by Kaspersky Anti-virus). Masks can be used as well.
By entering masks to a child node, the box of the parent one becomes grey.
- Save the changes.
