Antivirus exclusions
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Drives
- M:
- Mail data drive (Exchange Server)
- Q:
- Quorum database drive (SQL Server cluster)
Folders
- %systemroot%\Cluster
- Cluster Server data
- %systemroot%\IIS Temporary Compressed Files
- HTTP compression temp directory
- %systemroot%\ntds
- NT Directory Services (Active Directory private data)
- %systemroot%\ntfrs
- NT File Replication Service
- %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Datastore
- Windows Update or Automatic Update database
- %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Datastore\Logs
- WU or AU logs
- %systemroot%\system32\dhcp
- DHCP Server
- %systemroot%\system32\dns
- DNS Server
- %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv
- IIS applications
- %systemroot%\SYSVOL
- System Volume (Active Directory public data)
Files
- .bak
- Backup file
- .bkp
- Backup file
- .cac
- .chk
- Checkpoint file (Exchange)
- .dat
- Data file
- .dbs
- Database file (SQL)
- .ddf
- Device Description Framework file
- .dit
- Directory Information Tree file (Active Directory)
- .edb
- Exchange Database file (Exchange)
- .evt
- Event Log file
- .jrs
- Journal Reserve file (Exchange)
- .ldf
- Log Data File (Exchange)
- .loc
- Lock file
- .log
- Log file
- .mdf
- Master Database File (SQL)
- .ndf
- Next (secondary) Database File (SQL)
- .ptl
- .ptr
- .stm
- Exchange Streaming Database file
- .tmp
- Temporary file
- .trn
References
Microsoft
- Article ID: 309422 - Guidelines for choosing antivirus software to run on the computers that are running SQL Server
- Article ID: 815263 - Antivirus, backup, and disk optimization programs that are compatible with the File Replication Service
- Article ID: 822158 - Virus scanning recommendations for computers that are running Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
- Article ID: 943620 - Folders to exclude when you perform a file-level antivirus scan on a server operating system
