Applies to Kaspersky Small Office Security 2 for File Server
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Trusted zone is the user-created list of objects which should not be controlled by Kaspersky Small Office Security 2 for File Server. In other words, it is a set of exclusions from the scope of Protection Center. Trusted zone is created based on:
Exclusion rules are sets of conditions that Protection Center uses to verify if it can skip an object during the scan. You can create exclusion rules only for the following components:
- File Anti-Virus
- Mail Anti-Virus
- Web Anti-Virus
- Application Control
- Proactive Defense
- Scan.
Exclusion rules allow adding exclusions by:
- Object - exclusion of a certain object, directory, or files that match a certain mask / format from scans.
- Threat type - exclude objects according the Virus Encyclopedia threat type classification.
The following parameters can be configured/ modified for the Object type:
- Define file, folder or mask excluded from scan
- Define exclusions for subfolders, if a definite folder is given as an exclusion
- Define component(s) and tasks for which the exclusion will work
The following parameters can be configured / modified for the Threat type:
- Define the name / mask of the threat type classification according to the Kaspersky Lab Virus Encyclopedia
You can also define component(s) and tasks for which the exclusion will work
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In order to create an Exclusion rule, perform the following actions:
- open the main application window
- on the upper right hand corner of the window, click on the Settings link
- on the upper part of the Settings window, select Protection
- on the left hand part of the Settings window, select Threats and Exclusions
- on the right hand part of the window, click on the Settings... button in the Exclusions section
- on the Trusted zone window, go to the tab Exclusion rules
- click on the Add link
- in the Exclusion rule window specify the rule’s properties:
- click the Select object... link under Rule description
- on the Object name window, click on the Browse... button and select the file for which you are creating the rule. Select the necessary folder with the file or enter the full path to the file
- check the option Include subfolders if the rule is created for more than one file
- on the Object name window, click OK
- if you have checked Threats type, then next to the Threat type option click the enter threat name... link, if you want to exclude a threat type
- in the Threat type window, enter the classification type according to the Virus encyclopedia.
- in the Threat type window, click OK
- on the lower part of the Exclusion mask window next to Protection components click the any link > click select components
- on the Protection Components window, define the components for which the exclusion rule will be applied
- click OK
- on the Exclusion rule window, click OK
- on the Trusted Zone window, you can find the description of the created rule. Click OK
- on the right lower corner of the Settings window, click OK
- close the main application window.
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