User Guide

Administrator’s Guide 45
Setting Policy for On-Access Scanning
Figure 3-8. Add Exclusion Item dialog box
Follow these steps to add items to the list:
a. In the text box, enter the path of a folder or a file or folder that
you want to exclude from scanning activities.
NOTE:If you have chosen to move infectedfiles to a
quarantinefolderautomatically,themoduleexcludesthat
folder from scan operations.
b. SelectInclude subfolders to tell the scanner to ignore all files
stored in any subfolders within the folder you specified in
Step a. Deselecting Include subfolders will exclude from
scanning the files located in the target folder, but will not
exclude its subfolders.
WARNING:McAfee recommends that you do not
exclude your system files during a scan session.
c. Repeat Steps a to b until you have listed all of the files and
folders that you do not want scanned.
• Change the exclusion list. To change the settings for an exclusion
item, select it in the Exclusions list, then click Edit to open the Edit
Exclusion Item dialog box. Make the changes you need, then click
OK to close the dialog box.
• Remove an item from the list. Todeletean exclusionitem,selectit
in thelist,thenclickRemove. This means that the scanner will scan
this file or folder during this scan session.