Excluded item
To specify items that should be excluded from scanning, click Add. In the
Exclude item dialog box, specify the type and name of the item to be
excluded. Refer to Specifying excluded items.
To remove items from the list of excluded items, click Remove.
To change items in the list of excluded items, click Edit.
Specifying excluded items
In the Exclude item dialog box, select the Item type. All remote files means all
files not on this computer. Unless you select All remote files, specify the Item
name by using the Browse button or typing in the text box. Further details on
specifying item names are given below.
Filename•
You can specify only the name of a file, and Sophos Anti−Virus excludes all
files with that name, wherever they are located. For example
fred.bmp
causes Sophos Anti−Virus to exclude all files called fred.bmp, wherever
they are located.
Full path•
You can specify the exact location and name of a file, and Sophos
Anti−Virus excludes only that particular file. The path can include the drive
or the share. For example
C:\Miscellaneous\fred.bmp
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