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Long Folder Name Exclusion Question

GaylaAlderette

Hi,

Have a quick question about long folder name exclusion.  Since it seems that there are not wild cards for folders?  This is a vendor exclusion and I need to know if this would be the proper way to exclude.  This is more or less their request.

C:\windows\folder\folder\folder\AppData\Local\Temp\longfoldername*

My idea is the 8.3-compliant file and folder names rule.

C:\windows\folder\folder\folder\AppData\Local\Temp\longfo~1

Will this work or is there a better way?  Sometimes I know that folders in the temp directory can be long as they are created and appended.  Any ideas would be extremely welcome.

Thanks,

Gayla



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    Hi,

    Taking the example of using eicar.com (www.eicar.org/86-0-Intended-use.html) as a way to validate exclusions.

    If I add a folder exclusion of:

    C:\Users\JAK\Desktop\

    I can place eicar.com on the Desktop and it will no longer be picked up by on-access.  I can create other sub-directories within Desktop and eicar.com will not be picked up as all sub-folders are excluded.

    If I have a dir called:
    C:\Users\JEN\Desktop\this is a test\

    with eicar.com in, the folder exclusion:

    C:\Users\JEN\Desktop\this is a test\

    will work fine.  Just ensure you always have the trailing backslash to guarantee it's a folder exclusion rather than a file.

    I suggest you experiment with placing eicar.com into the directories you are wanting to exclude to prove the exclusions you are adding are working.

    Regards,

    Jak

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    Hi,

    Taking the example of using eicar.com (www.eicar.org/86-0-Intended-use.html) as a way to validate exclusions.

    If I add a folder exclusion of:

    C:\Users\JAK\Desktop\

    I can place eicar.com on the Desktop and it will no longer be picked up by on-access.  I can create other sub-directories within Desktop and eicar.com will not be picked up as all sub-folders are excluded.

    If I have a dir called:
    C:\Users\JEN\Desktop\this is a test\

    with eicar.com in, the folder exclusion:

    C:\Users\JEN\Desktop\this is a test\

    will work fine.  Just ensure you always have the trailing backslash to guarantee it's a folder exclusion rather than a file.

    I suggest you experiment with placing eicar.com into the directories you are wanting to exclude to prove the exclusions you are adding are working.

    Regards,

    Jak

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