McAfee AVDCDE-AA-AA User Guide - Page 222

Creating and Configuring Scheduled Tasks Figure 6-16. Add Exclude Item dialog box Next, follow these substeps to add items to the list: a. Enter a path to a folder or a file name in the text box provided, or click Browse to locate the item you want the application to exclude. Š NOTE: If you have chosen to move infected files to a quarantine folder automatically, the application excludes that folder from scan operations. b. Select the Include subfolders checkbox to tell the application to ignore files stored in any subfolders within the folder you specified in Step a. Š NOTE: Choosing Include subfolders causes the application to ignore only those files stored in the subfolders themselves. The application will still scan files stored at the root level of the folder you designate. To exclude the files at the folder root level, clear the Include subfolders checkbox. c. Select the File scanning checkbox to exclude the item you specified in the first step from scan operations in which the application looks for file-infecting viruses. These viruses usually appear in files in the visible portions of your hard disk. d. Select the Boot sector scanning checkbox to exclude the item you specified in the first step from scan operations in which the application looks for boot-sector viruses. These viruses usually appear in memory or in files that reside in your hard disk's boot sector or master boot record. Use this option to exclude system files, such as COMMAND.COM, from scan operations. + WARNING: McAfee recommends that you do not exclude your system files from scan operations. 222 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software