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Adding MD5 Hash Exclusions for Selected Host Sets

  • Published on Sep 8, 2026
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To add MD5 hash exclusions to malware protection processing for selected host sets:

Note

NOTE: See Creating a Custom Policy for more information about using the Web UI to create a custom policy.

Important

The Endpoint Security (HX) server does not validate the MD5 hash entries included in your Malware Protection exclusion list. You must confirm your MD5 hash exclusions are represented by 32 hexadecimal digits.

  1. Log in to the Web UI as an administrator.

  2. From the Admin menu, select Policies to access the Policies page.

  3. In the Policies table, click the link to the custom policy you want to modify.

  4. Select the Malware Protection tab.

  5. In the Policy Exclusions section, specify the MD5 hash you want to exclude from malware protection processing in the field under the Exclude hashes from malware scanning.

    Malware_Protection_Exclusions_Hash.png

  6. Click Add to add the MD5 hash to the list.

  7. Repeat Steps 5 and 6 until you have added all of the MD5 hash exclusions you want to the list.

  8. Click Save.

Now you can assign host sets to the custom policy and set the policy priority level. See Assigning Host Sets to Agent Policies and Configuring Policy Priority Using the Web UI for more information.

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