On this page, you can specify folders and files to be excluded from scanning.
In the Files and folders excluded from scanning field you can list folders and files which you want to exclude from SpIDer Guard checks, such as Quarantine folders, folders with program files, temporary files (swap files), and so on.
For details on a certain option, click the corresponding item in the picture.
To get information on options available on other pages, click the corresponding item in the picture.
By default, the list is empty. You can add either definite files and folders or use masks to exclude a group of files from scanning.
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 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 Add.
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 Remove.
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.