Avast Antivirus > Exceptions (path to specific folder not to scan)

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
1

Hello there,

I have a question regarding adding some specific folders as exceptions to the Avast Antivirus so it doesn’t scan them.
The question is: when I add an asterix - does it imply all nested directories up to the bottom, or only 1 level (files in all directories which match asterix)

In other words, does:
D:/DEV/*

will inlcude
D:/DEV/Dir1/Dir2/Dir3

or just
D:/DEV/Dir1

Thank you!

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Windows 8.1
Avast Antivirus 19.8.2393 (build 19.8.4793.541)

2

→ https://support.avast.com/article/168/ (Excluding files/websites)

3

you can test it … download and save EICAR test file in those locations and see if it is detected

4

It matches anything below, i.e. any number of subfolders.