User`s guide

BitDefender allows excluding objects from on-access or on-demand scanning, or
from both. This feature is intended to decrease scanning times and to avoid
interference with your work.
Two types of objects can be excluded from scanning:
● Paths - the file or the folder (including all the objects it contains) indicated by a
specified path will be excluded from scanning.
● Extensions - all files having a specific extension will be excluded from scanning,
no matter what their location on the hard drive.
The objects excluded from on-access scanning will not be scanned, no matter if
they are accessed by you or by an application.
Note
Exclusions will NOT apply for contextual scanning. Contextual scanning is a type of
on-demand scanning: you right-click the file or folder you want to scan and select
Scan with BitDefender.
15.3.1. Excluding Files or Folders from Scanning
To exclude paths from scanning:
1. Open BitDefender.
2. Depending on the user interface view mode, proceed as follows:
Intermediate View
Go to the Security tab and click Configure Antivirus in the Quick Tasks
area on the left side of the window.
Go to the Exclusions tab.
Expert View
Go to Antivirus > Exclusions.
Note
In Basic View and Intermediate View, you can configure a shortcut so that you can
access these settings from your dashboard. For more information, please refer to
“My Tools” (p. 33).
3. Select the corresponding check box to enable scan exclusions.
4. Start the configuration wizard as follows:
● Right-click in the Files and Folders table and select Add new path.
● Click the Add button, located at the top of the exclusions table.
5. Follow the configuration wizard. You can navigate through the wizard using the
Next and Back buttons. To exit the wizard, click Cancel.
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