The Behavior Monitoring exception lists support wildcard characters in the following items:
Approved Program List: File paths, file names, file extensions
Blocked Program List: File names, file extensions
Supported wildcard characters:
Asterisk (*): Represents any character or string of characters
Question mark (?): Represents a single character
Exception Type |
Wildcard Usage |
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Directories |
C:\* Excludes all files and folders on the specified drive |
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Specific files under a specific folder layer |
C:\*\Sample.exe Excludes the Sample.exe file only if the file is located in any subfolder of the C:\ directory |
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UNC paths |
\\<UNC path>\*\Sample.exe Excludes the Sample.exe file only if the file is located in any subfolder of the specified UNC path |
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File names and extensions |
C:\*.* Excludes all files with extensions in all folders and subfolders of the C:\ directory |
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File names |
C:\*.exe Excludes all files with the .exe extension in all folders and subfolders of the C:\ directory |
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File extensions |
C:\Sample.* Excludes all files with the name Sample and any extension in the C:\ directory |
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Files in specific directory structures |
C:\*\*\Sample.exe Excludes all files located within the second subfolder layer or any subsequent subfolders of the C:\ directory with the file name and extension Sample.exe |
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Complex paths or file names |
C:\Sam*e??.exe Excludes all files with names that satisfy the following conditions:
If a file meets all the required conditions and is located the C:\ directory, Behavior Monitoring excludes the file from scans. |
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