OfficeScan 10.6 Administrator's Guide - Trend Micro™ Online Help

Scanning for Security Risks
• Adds path to the client computer's exclusion list: This option adds the items in
the list you just configured to the client’s existing exclusion list. If an item already
exists in the client’s exclusion list, the client ignores the item.
• Removes path from the client computer's exclusion list: The client removes an
item in its exclusion list if it matches an item in the list you just configured.
Scan Exclusion List (File Extensions)
OfficeScan will not scan a file if its file extension matches any of the extensions included
in this exclusion list. You can specify a maximum of 250 file extensions. A period (.) is
not required before the extension.
For Real-time Scan, use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard character when specifying
extensions. For example, if you do not want to scan all files with extensions starting with
D, such as DOC, DOT or DAT, type D*.
For Manual Scan, Scheduled Scan, and Scan Now, use a question mark (?) or asterisk (*)
as a wildcard character.
Apply Scan Exclusion Settings to All Scan Types
OfficeScan allows you to configure scan exclusion settings for a particular scan type and
then apply the same settings to all the other scan types. For example:
On January 1, OfficeScan administrator Chris found out that there are a large number of
JPG files on client computers and realized that these files do not pose any security
threat. Chris added JPG in the file exclusion list for Manual Scan and then applied this
setting to all scan types. Real-time Scan, Scan Now, and Scheduled Scan are now set to
skip scanning .jpg files.
A week later, Chris removed JPG from the exclusion list for Real-time Scan but did not
apply scan exclusion settings to all scan types. JPG files will now be scanned but only
during Real-time Scan.
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