DavidR
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A long time ago I believe there was a limit, but that as far as I’m aware that shouldn’t be an issue now.
I would have to question the need for such large exception lists, e.g. what is the requirement ?
Avast allows for the use of wildcards (? single character and * multiple characters), but as you rightly say wildcards can leave holes and should be defined carefully. If you have a folder that you don’t want scanned, don’t just exclude the folder with a wild card exclude specific file types within that folder. e.g. c:\exclusion_folder*.wmv and do that for each specific file type in that folder, with exception to executable files or something could slip in there and be allowed to run.