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For details about Scan Exclusion Lists, see Scan Exclusions.

Procedure

  1. Select Enable scan exclusion to enable Scan Exclusions.
  2. To configure the Scan Exclusion List (Files):
    1. Type a full file path or directory path and click Add.
      Reminders:
      • You cannot specify only a file name. You must provide a full path to the file including the file extension
      • You can specify a maximum of 64 paths.
      • You can use the asterisk wildcard (*) in place of folder names.
      • Partial matching of folder names is not supported. For example, it is not possible to type /Users/*user/temp to exclude files on folder names ending in user, such as end_user or new_user.
      See the following table for examples.
      Path
      Details
      Examples
      Full file path
      Excludes a specific file on the endpoint
      • Example 1:
        /file.log
      • Example 2:
        /System/file.log
      • Example 3 (with wildcard):
        /Users/Mac/*/file.log
        The wildcard excludes all files named file.log located within a folder inside the /Users/Mac/ directory.
        Examples of files excluded from scans:
        • /Users/Mac/Desktop/file.log
        • /Users/Mac/Movies/file.log
      Directory path
      Excludes all files located on a specific folder and all its subfolders
      • Example 1:
        /System/
        This excludes all files and directories within /System/ from scans.
        Examples of files excluded from scans:
        • /System/file.log
        • /System/Library/file.log
      • Example 2:
        /System/Library
        This excludes only files and directories within /System/Library from scans.
        Examples of files excluded from scans:
        • /System/Library/file.log
        • /System/Library/Filters/file.log
      • Example 3 (with wildcard):
        /Users/Mac/*
        This excludes all files and directories within /Users/Mac/ from scans.
        Examples of files excluded from scans:
        • /Users/Mac/doc.html
        • /Users/Mac/Documents/doc.html
        • /Users/Mac/Documents/Pics/pic.jpg
      • Example 4 (with wildcard):
        /*/Components
        This excludes all files located in folders and directories with the name Components inside folders from scans.
        Examples of files excluded from scans:
        • /Users/Components/file.log
        • /System/Components/file.log
    2. To delete a path, select it and click Remove.
  3. To configure the Scan Exclusion List (File Extensions):
    1. Type a file extension without a period (.) and click Add. For example, type pdf. You can specify a maximum of 64 file extensions.
    2. To delete a file extension, select it and click Remove.