How can I use Wildcard with exclusions in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.x?

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How to use wildcards with exclusions in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.x

Environment

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (All supported versions)

Solution 1

When excluding all files of a particular extension, use the option to exclude files by Type and specify the desired extension.

Solution 2

Wildcards (**,*, ?) are helpful in creating exclusions for VirusScan Enterprise (VSE), but certain rules apply (see examples below):

Exclude the Favorites folder for all users:
C:Documents and Settings*Favorites
Exclude any folder named Favorites on drive C:
C:**Favorites
Exclude the Temp folder in any location, on any drive.
**Temp**

In this example the following directories would be excluded:
C:temp
D:windowstempc:documents and settingsAdministratorLocal Settingstemp
Exclude any file with a .tmp extension in a folder named Temp anywhere on the system:
**Temp*.tmp
Exclude any file with a .html extension anywhere on the system:
***.html
Exclude all files named inifileX (where X is any valid character for a filename) within any folder name beginning with Temp under C:Windows:
C:WindowsTemp*inifile?.*
Exclude all files with the tmp extension (*.tmp) in any folder on a specific drive:
<drive:>***.tmp

In this example any *.tmp files on the D: drive will be excluded: D:***.tmp

CAUTION: Do not select Include Subfolders when excluding a file, as this will produce incorrect results.

TIP: For additional information and examples, review the VirusScan Enterprise 8.x Product Guide.

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To set exclusions:

Right-click the VirusScan Enterprise icon in the system tray and select VirusScan Console.

or

Select Start, Programs, McAfee, VirusScan Console.
Double-click On-Access Scanner.
Select All Processes.
Click the Detection tab.
Select Exclusions.
Select Add.
Add the relevant exclusion (see examples above).
Click OK three times to exit the On-Access Scanner.
Close the VirusScan Console screen.