I feel as you do, but philosophically apparently the authors of this product no longer believe the user can make a proper decision on the spur of the moment. They DO, however, allow you to exclude detection of a specific file after the fact by visiting the virus chest, and they DO allow you to exclude whole folder sub-trees on your disk.

In my mind it’s like trying to make guns that can’t shoot unintended targets. It’s impossible to achieve, and the process of trying just messes things up for folks who know what they’re doing.

-Noel