Using wildcards in exclusions for manual scanning - F-Secure Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p> </p>Using wildcards in exclusions for manual scanning <p>This article provides information on how to exclude files from <strong>manual</strong> scanning in F-Secure Anti-virus products using wildcard characters. </p> <h3>About syntax in wildcards</h3> <div>The syntax used in exclusions differs between F-Secure products depending on whether the product is an older or newer version. <ul><li>Older product versions: Server Security 12.x, Email and Server Security 12.x, and Client Security 12.x, and their premium versions. </li> <li>Newer product versions: Client Security 13.x, Client Security 14.x, and their premium versions. </li> </ul></div> <div>What to remember: <ul><li>For older product versions, use double backslashes: "<code class="code codeInline" spellcheck="false">\\</code>" (used as an escape character). All slashes in the path need to be typed out twice in this way. The path is not case-sensitive. </li> <li>Use only drive letters; for example: <ul><li><code class="code codeInline" spellcheck="false">C:\*\eicar.com</code> (newer product versions) </li> <li><code class="code codeInline" spellcheck="false">C:\\*\\eicar.com</code> (older product versions) </li> </ul></li> <li>If you use a single character wildcard <code class="code codeInline" spellcheck="false">?</code>, always start the exclusion with an asterisk; for example: <ul><li><code class="code codeInline" spellcheck="false">*\eica?.com</code> (newer product versions) </li> <li><code class="code codeInline" spellcheck="false">*\\eica?.com</code> (older product versions) </li> </ul></li> </ul></div> <p><strong>Note:</strong> The older format with double backslashes works in both older and newer product versions. The newer format with single backslashes only works in newer product versions, however. </p> </article> </main>
