Global Exclusions tab

Antivirus > Configuration > Settings > Global Exclusions

The Global Exclusions tab excludes objects from Antivirus monitoring. You can optionally apply these global exclusions by checking the Include Global Settings checkbox on the Exclusions tab of the profile.

All Kaseya-related folders and Kaseya agent-related applications are added to Global Exclusions by default.

Exclusion Rules

• New - Adds file masks or directory path masks to be excluded from scanning and protection, up to a limit of 256 exclusions.
• Edit - Edits the selected exclusion rule.
• Delete - Deletes a selected exclusion rule.

Supported exclusions include:

• Masks without file paths
  • *test* - any file with test in name, saying 12astestsdsd.sds
  • *test.* - any file with name ending on test: 346dfghtest.gdh
  • test.* - file with name test and any extension
• Masks with absolute file paths
  • C:\dir\*.* or C:\dir\* or c:\dir\ - all files in the C:\dir folder
  • C:\dir\*.exe - all files with the exe extension in the C:\dir folder
  • C:\dir\*.ex? - all files with the ex? extension in folder C:\dir, where ? can represent any single character
  • C:\dir\test - only the C:\dir\test file
• File path masks
  • dir\*.*, or dir\* - all files in all dir folders
  • dir\test - all test files in dir\ folders
  • dir\*.exe - all files with the exe extension in all dir folders
  • dir\*.ex? - all files with the ex? extension in all dir folders, where ? can represent any single character

Trusted Apps

Trusted applications are not monitored for suspicious activity, file activity, network activity and attempts to access the system registry.

• New - Add the full path and filename of an executable.
• Edit - Edits the selected application path and filename.
• Delete - Deletes a selected application path and filename.

Use standard environment variable notation to specify the location of applications. Examples:

• %SystemRoot%\system32\svchost.exe
• %ProgramFiles%\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
• %ProgramFiles%\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe

Trusted URLs

Trusted URLs are not monitored for viruses by Web Antivirus.

• New - Adds a URL.
• Edit - Edits the selected URL.
• Delete - Deletes a selected URL.

Formatting guidelines:

• Enter http:// or https:// before any address.
• * - Use to represent any combination of characters. Example: http://www.kaseya.com/*
• ? - Use to represent any one character. Example: http://Patch_123?.com
• If an * or ? is part of an actual URL, when you add the URL to the Trusted URL list, you must use a backslash to override the * or ? following it. Example: http://www.kaseya.com/test\?