Exclude items from on-access scanning
If you use role-based administration:
- You must have the Policy setting - anti-virus and HIPS right to perform this task.
- You cannot edit a policy if it is applied outside your active sub-estate.
You can exclude items from on-access scanning.
Sophos Enterprise Console cannot perform on-access scans on UNIX computers.
If you select Exclude remote files on the Windows Exclusions tab, data control will not scan files uploaded or attached from a network location using a monitored application, for example, an email client, a web browser, or an instant messaging (IM) client. This is because data control uses the same set of exclusions as the Sophos Anti-Virus on-access scanner (InterCheck ™). If remote file scanning is disabled, it will not send any remote files for a data control check. This restriction does not apply to storage device monitoring.
You can export the list of Windows exclusions to a file and then import it into another policy.