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How targets in subrules are evaluated

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Each target is added with an Include or Exclude directive.

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When evaluating a system event against a subrule, the subrule evaluates to true if:

  • At least one Include evaluates to true.

    and

  • All Excludes evaluate to false.

Exclude takes precedence over Include. Here are examples:

  • If a single subrule both includes and excludes a file C:\marketing\jjohns, the subrule does not trigger for that file.

  • If a subrule includes all files but excludes the file C:\marketing\jjohns, the subrule triggers if the file is not C:\marketing\jjohns.

  • If a subrule includes file C:\marketing\* but excludes C:\marketing\jjohns, the subrule triggers for C:\marketing\anyone, but doesn't trigger for C:\marketing\jjohns.