The exclusions configuration allows you to indicate which directories, files and/or extensions Platinum Internet Security should not scan. This tab allows you to select which ones.
Note: This
configuration tab is not available in automatic mail protection.
This exclusions configuration tab consists of three sections:
Directories
As part of the exclusions you can indicate entire directories that should not be scanned by Platinum Internet Security. You can exclude a directory only or a directory and all its subdirectories.
· Add…: Clicking on this button opens a window in which you can specify the directories that will not be scanned. On the left is the disk drive Selection tree. Click on the + sign to the left of the disk drive to display the directory structure. In order to go to the preferred directory, expand the directory structure (path) until you reach the target directory. When you reach this directory, click on the button of an arrow pointing to the right. When you have finished selecting directories, click on OK. For more information consult the How to prepare the exclusions lists? section in this Help.
· Remove: This button is used to remove directories from the list of directories not to be scanned. In order to do this, select a directory and click on Remove.
Files
You can also add files to the exclusions list so that the program will not scan them. You can indicate that a certain file should not be scanned or that it should not be scanned whenever it is found during the scan. This means that you can specify that the program should not scan a file the first time it finds it and that it should not scan it whenever it detects it during the scan. For example, if you have a file called EXAMPLE.EXE in several locations, you can exclude one of the occasions on which it is found or all of them.
· Add…: Clicking on this button opens a window in which you can specify the files that will not be scanned. On the left is the disk drive Selection tree. Click on the + sign to the left of the disk drive to display the directory structure. In order to go to the preferred file, expand the directory structure (path) until you reach the directory containing the file, select the directory and then the file. When you reach this file, click on the button of an arrow pointing to the right. When you have finished selecting files, click on OK. For more information consult the How to prepare the exclusions lists? section in this Help.
· Remove: This button is used to remove files from the list of files not to be scanned. In order to do this, select a file and click on Remove.
Extensions
You can also exclude all files with a certain extension from the scan. In other words, you can exclude certain file types from the scan. This involves indicating which extensions (file types) should not be scanned.
· New extension: In this edit box, enter the extension that you want add to list of extensions excluded from the scan.
· Add…: Click on this button to add the extension entered in the edit box to the list of extensions excluded from the scan.
· Remove: Click on this button to remove the extension selected in the list (only those that are selected).
Several useful buttons appear at the bottom of the configuration screens:
OK: The changes to the configuration will be saved and applied.
Default: This option allows you to restore the default settings of the scans. You will be asked Are you sure you want to restore the factory settings?. Click on Yes (the program will be configured as it was after it was installed), or No.
Cancel: The changes to the configuration will be neither saved nor applied.