Adding and Removing Excluded Applications

Using the Web UI or the CLI, you can add and remove monitored applications in the Exploit Guard exception policy exclusion list. Monitored applications in Exploit Guard are

Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Java, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Office 2010 files

Note

Use of an Exploit Guard exception policy is not recommended.

Adding Excluded Applications Using the Web UI

To add applications to the exception policy exclusion list using the Web UI:

Log in to the Web UI as an administrator.
Access the Policies page by selecting Policies on the Admin menu.
Select the Exploit Guard tab.
In the Exceptions for Selected Host Sets section, verify that the Exclude monitored applications from Exploit Guard option is selected.
In the field under the Exclude monitored applications from Exploit Guard option, specify the file name of the monitored application you want to exclude from Exploit Guard processing for the endpoints in the host sets selected for the exception policy. Applications that are monitored for exploits are Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Java, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Office 2010 files.
Click Add to add the monitored application to the list.
Repeat Steps 5 and 6 until you have added all the monitored applications you want to the list.
Click Save.

Removing Excluded Applications Using the Web UI

To remove applications from the exception policy exclusion list using the Web UI:

Log in to the Web UI as an administrator.
Access the Policies page by selecting Policies on the Admin menu.
Select the Exploit Guard tab.
In the Exceptions for Selected Host Sets section, locate the application you want to remove from the list below the Exclude monitored applications from Exploit Guard option.
Click the icon next to the application to remove it from the list.
Repeat Step 5 until you have removed all the applications you want from the list.
Click Save.