Antivirus global exclusion list

You can configure a list of items and trusted applications that will be excluded from AntivirusA software countermeasure that detects malware installed on a computer without the user's knowledge. scanning and protection. A device group can either have a custom exclusion list applicable to it only, or the group can be configured to use a global list.

To add exclusions to the Global exclusion list.

  1. Login to GFI OneGuard and go to Manage > Services.
  2. From the the left pane, click Antivirus Protection.
  3. Scroll down to the Global Exclusion List section.

The global antivirus exclusion list

  1. Click Add file/folder.
  2. Key in a file name or the path of a folder to exclude from scanning, for example invoice.xls or C:\Program Files\GFI. You can also use wildcard character * to match various patterns, for example use *.xls to exclude all files with an XLS extension or use c:\dir\*.abc to exclude all files with an ABC extension in c:\dir\.
  3. In the Comment field, type an optional description on why this file or folder is excluded.
  4. Click Add Exclusion to add the exclusion entry.
  5. Repeat steps 4 to 7 to add more entries to the list.
  6. On completion, click Save Settings to save and apply changes.