Creating on-demand Anti-Virus scan exclusions

To ease the load on the SharePoint server, you can exclude files from the scope of on-demand Anti-Virus scanning specific formats or file name masks, restrict scanning duration for individual files, as well as disable scanning of archives.

To exclude specific file formats from on-demand anti-virus scanning:

1. Select and open in the Management Console tree the node corresponding to the necessary SharePoint server. Then select the On-demand scan node.
2. In the list of tasks displayed in the workspace, select the on-demand scan task that you want to modify. Click the Change button to open the Task settings window, then select the Exclusions from Anti-Virus scan tab.
3. In the File formats list, select the check boxes next to the file formats that you want to exclude from scanning.

   Make a convenient use of the tree with the Expand all and Minimize all buttons.

4. To save the changes and close the window, click OK.

To exclude files that match specific masks from on-demand Anti-Virus scanning:

1. Select and open in the Management Console tree the node corresponding to the necessary SharePoint server. Then select the On-demand scan node.
2. In the list of tasks displayed in the workspace, select the on-demand scan task that you want to modify. Click the Change button to open the Task settings window and select the File formats tab.
3. In the File masks list, select the check boxes next to file name masks to be excluded from the scan scope.
4. To add a mask to the list, open the Adding a file mask window by clicking the Add button, and specify the mask in the entry field.

   If you want to define several masks at once, use a semicolon as a separator.

5. To save the changes and close the window, click OK.