There must be a place in Avast, Registry or Windows where the list of exceptions I have taken so long to type over and over again using ADNM in each policy is held. Where can I find that so I can standardize them between my computer groups AND - more importantly - how do I import that into a policy? Do I REALLY have to type each line each time? If so, that could be a deal breaker for us to renew our domain license.
There’s a number of various exclusions… and you don’t say which ones in particular you mean.
You are also not saying what version of avast! you are talking about…
File and path exclusions…although the question applies to ANY exception list that is made obviously, where are these lists kept - was I unclear?..and we are on 4.8 Corporate/Pro?Enterprise whatever it is called which also likely doesn’t affect the answer I am looking for.
It certainly does (affect the answer).
Different exclusion lists (resident shields, global, task-specific) are stored separately. In avast! 5, in different files possibly.
However, if we are talking about avast! 4 - the exclusions are stored in a binary database file, and I don’t think there’s any simple way of exporting or importing them.
…anyone know where this file is? Because - of course - there is nothing about exceptions in the registry on the client or on the server I run ADNM from.
If we are talking about avast! Pro, as the title says, it’s the \Data\Avast4.db file. But again, different exclusions may be scattered between different tables in the database. (And the file certainly contains much more info than just this, e.g. scan results.)
Regarding the managed clients… I’d expect it to be the same.
So…no…I have to type all of this for each policy…I am waiting for tech support to explain why all of these exclusions don’t seem to show on the clients even though they are using a policy form the server with the exclusions added…Avast may have been a poor replacement for McAfee here…hmmmmmmm
Well, I’d say there shouldn’t be any need to type huge exclusion lists in the first place.
What kind of exclusions are you trying to add?
Files and paths…respectfully: how would you even begin to guess what our company needs to exclude from scanning? These types of posts which inflict opinions on admins get my hackles up. I don’t tell you how to admin your company’s AV, please do not suppose to dictate someone else’s.
I am saying that if there’s a problem with scanning something, or false alarms, or similar issues - they should often be solved in the program or virus database, not by exclusions.
But OK, I’m done here.