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Adding Process Exclusions to All Host Endpoints

  • Published on Sep 8, 2026
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To add process exclusions to malware protection processing for all host endpoints:

Note

Excluding processes from malware protection processing is not recommended because it restricts the processes that malware protection scans.

  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 Agent Default Policy link to access the Edit Policy page.

  4. Select the Malware Protection tab.

  5. In the Policy Exclusions section, specify the process you want to exclude from malware protection processing by entering the full process path by the process name in the field under the Exclude processes from malware scanning.

    For example, adding C:\Windows\Folder\executable.exe or *\executable.exe to the process exclusion list will exclude the executable.exe application from malware protection processing.

    Malware_Protection_Exclusions_Process.png

  6. Click Add to add the process to the list.

  7. Repeat Steps 5 and 6 until you have added all the processes you want to the list.

  8. Click Save.

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