Examples of Trusted zone exclusion masks in Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows

Latest update: October 08, 2019 ID: 8244
 
 
 
 

This article concerns Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10 for Windows:

  • Service Pack 2 Maintenance Release 4 (version 10.3.3.304)
  • Service Pack 2 Maintenance Release 3 (version 10.3.3.275)
  • Service Pack 2 Maintenance Release 2 (version 10.3.0.6294)
  • Service Pack 2 Maintenance Release 1 (version 10.3.0.6294)
  • Service Pack 2 (version 10.3.0.6294)
  • Service Pack 1 Maintenance Release 4 (version 10.2.6.3733)
 
 
 
 

An exclusion is a combination of conditions set in Trusted zone that allows Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows skip a particular object during an antivirus scan.

You can exclude the following objects:

  • Files with a specific extension
  • Files matching a particular mask
  • A particular area (for example, a folder or a program)
  • Application processes
  • Objects from Kaspersky Lab Virus Encyclopedia classification

This article offers the examples of the following types of exclusions:

  • File extension-based mask
  • File name-based mask
  • Folder name-based mask

Masks can contain any characters, including special characters, that are allowed for file names:

  • * — stands for zero or more characters
  • ? — stands for one character

File name and extension must be separated with a dot.

 
 
 
 
 

Name and extension based masks (not containing file paths)

 
 
 
 
 

Masks containing absolute file paths (according to extension, name, area)

 
 
 
 
 

Folder name-based file path masks

 
 
 
 
 
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