In this section, you can manage the list of files and folders that are excluded from SpIDer Guard scanning. You can exclude the anti-virus quarantine folders, working folders of some programs, temporary files (paging file) and so on.
The default list is empty. Add particular files and folders to exclusions or use masks to disable scanning of a certain group of files.
Configuring list of exclusions
1.To add a file or folder to the exclusion list, do one of the following:
•To add an existing file or folder, click 
. In the open window, click Browse and select it in the standard dialog window. You can enter the full path to the file or folder, or edit the path in the field before adding it to the list.
•To exclude all files or folders with a particular name, enter the name without path.
•To exclude a group of files or folders, enter the mask of their names. 
Details
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). •Other mask characters do not replace anything and mean that in this place the name must contain this particular character. Examples: •Report*.doc defines all Microsoft Word documents which names start with the word "Report" (ReportFebruary.doc, Report121209.doc, etc.). •*.exe defines all executable files; i.e., that have the EXE extension (setup.exe, iTunes.exe, etc.). •photo????09.jpg defines all JPG images which names start with the word "photo", end with "09" and contain exact number of 4 other characters in the middle (photo121209.jpg, photoJoe09.jpg, photo----09.jpg, etc.). |
2.Click OK.The file or folder will appear in the list.
3.To list other files and folders, repeat steps 1 to 2. To remove a file or folder from the list, select the corresponding item and click 
.
Examples:
•C:\folder or C:\folder\** – excludes from scanning all files stored in C:\folder. The files stored within the subfolders will be scanned.
•C:\folder\* – excludes all files located in C:\folder and its subfolders.
•C:\folder\*.txt – excludes all *.txt files stored in C:\folder. The *.txt files stored within the subfolders will be scanned.
•C:\folder\*\*.txt – excludes all *.txt files stored in the first-level subfolders of C:\folder.
•C:\folder\**\*.txt – excludes all *.txt files stored in subfolders of any level within C:\folder. The files stored in C:\folder itself, including *.txt files, will be still scanned.