Symantec 20032623 - Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Implementation Manual page 150

150 Managing Virus and Spyware Protection
Managing scans on client computers
File and folder exclusions (continued)
Table 11-7
Files
Selected extensions and
Microsoft folders
Description
For each type of administrator-defined scan or Auto-Protect,
you can select files to include by extension. For
administrator-defined scans, you can also select files to
include by folder. For example, you can specify that a
scheduled scan only scans certain extensions and that
Auto-Protect scans all extensions.
For executable files and Microsoft Office files, Auto-Protect
can determine a file's type even if a virus changes the file's
extension.
By default Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business
Edition scans all extensions and folders. Any extensions or
folders that you deselect are excluded from that particular
scan.
Symantec does not recommend that you exclude any
extensions from scans. If you decide to exclude files by
extension and any Microsoft folders, however, you should
consider the amount of protection that your network
requires. You should also consider the amount of time and
resources that your client computers require to complete
the scans.
Note:
Any file extensions that you exclude from
Auto-Protect scans of the file system also excludes the
extensions from Download Insight. If you are running
Download Insight, you should include extensions for
common programs and documents in the list of extensions
that you want to scan. You should also make sure that you
scan .msi files.