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Reference: Configuration options
Avira Professional Security - User Manual (Status: 14 Dec. 2012) 113
excluded from the Real-Time Protection scan. If the UNC path in the list of exceptions
differs from the UNC path used to connect to the network drive (IP address specification in
the list of exceptions – specification of computer name for connection to network drive),
the specified folders and files are NOT excluded by the Real-Time Protection scan. Locate
the relevant UNC path in the Real-Time Protection report file:
\\<Computer name>\<Enable>\ - OR - \\<IP address>\<Enable>\
You can locate the path Real-Time Protection uses to scan for infected files in the Real-
Time Protection report file. Indicate exactly the same path in the list of exceptions.
Proceed as follows: Set the protocol function of the Real-Time Protection to Complete in
the configuration under Real-Time Protection > Report. Now access the files, folders,
mounted drives or connected network drives with the activated Real-Time Protection. You
can now read the path to be used from the Real-Time Protection report file. The report file
can be accessed in the Control Center under Local protection > Real-Time Protection.
If you are managing the Avira product in AMC, you can use variables in the path details for
process and file exceptions. You can find a list of variables you can use under Variables:
Real-Time Protection and Scanner Exceptions.
Examples for processes to be excluded:
 application.exe
The application.exe process is excluded from the Real-Time Protection scan,
irrespective of which hard disk drive it is located on and which directory it is in.
 C:\Program Files1\Application.exe
The process for the file application.exe, which is located under the path C:\Program
Files1, is excluded from the Real-Time Protection scan.
 C:\Program Files1\*.exe
All processes for executable files located under the path C:\Program Files1 are
excluded from the Real-Time Protection scan.
Examples for files to be excluded:
 *.mdb
All files with the extension 'mdb’ are excluded from the Real-Time Protection scan.
 *.xls*
All files with a file extension beginning 'xls’ are excluded from the Real-Time Protection
scan, e.g. files with the extensions .xls and .xlsx.
 C:\Directory\*.log
All log files with the extension 'log’, located under the path C:\Directory, are excluded
from the Real-Time Protection scan.
 \\Computer name\Shared1\
All files are excluded from the Real-Time Protection scan accessed via a connection
'\\Computer name1\Shared1'. This is generally a connected network drive which
accesses another computer with a shared folder via the computer name 'Computer
name1' and the shared name 'Shared1'.