I got the reply to the E-mail that I sent to avast! Tech Support.
They stated that the Default Exclusions for avast! Standard Shield provider are:
*\Win386.swp (MS Windows virtual memory)
*\System.da? (MS Windows registry - System hive)
*\User.da? (MS Windows registry - User hive)
*.txt
*.log
*.ini
And with the above being the same exact ones I told them were in MY avast!, they said there was NO Problem. They’re OK. They didn’t comment on why other people’s avast! had varying supposed Default Exclusions in there.
The first one is for Windows 98/Me…
The second and third are registry/user ones. I had no problem keeping them both on XP/Vista.
The other three, ok, they’re there for me… I just thought I have add them manually and they’re not by default. Thanks for the info.
I have never seen the first item listed by Chim “*\Win386.swp (MS Windows virtual memory)” in any install of Avast on XP platforms - ?:\PAGEFILE.SYS appearing instead.
I note that Chim is using Windows 98SE so perhaps the default varies depending on what operating system Avast is installed on, and perhaps it also grows some additional entries when the program or system is run after the install.
I think when avast! Tech Support replied to my inquiry, they answered it from the standpoint of my particular system description to them. I HAD though, additionally tossed at them our speculation here on this Forum, that the Default Exclusions probably varied depending on the system configuration. But, they obviously opted NOT to take the time to address that theory.