{"id":30596,"date":"2018-03-02T21:25:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T15:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=30596"},"modified":"2018-03-05T20:15:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T14:45:03","slug":"exclude-files-norton-antivirus-scans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/exclude-files-norton-antivirus-scans\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclude Files from Norton Antivirus Scans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Follow the steps to exclude specific files and folders from a\u00a0Norton Security Deluxe\u00a0scan:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the Norton anti-virus software.<\/li>\n<li>Select\u00a0<strong>Settings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Choose the\u00a0<strong>Antivirus<\/strong>\u00a0option from the\u00a0<strong>Settings<\/strong>\u00a0screen.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the\u00a0<strong>Scans and Risks<\/strong>\u00a0tab.<\/li>\n<li>Find the\u00a0<strong>Exclusions\/Low Risks<\/strong>\u00a0section.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Configure [+]<\/strong>\u00a0next to the option where you want to make changes. There are two sets of options here: One is for exclusions to anti-virus scans, and the other is for exclusions to the real-time protection features of the Norton software, like Auto-Protect, SONAR, and Download Intelligence Detection.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"native-placeholder_1-0\" class=\"comp native-placeholder mntl-block\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a07. From the exclusions screen, use the\u00a0<strong>Add Folders\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Add Files<\/strong>\u00a0buttons to locate the file or folder you want\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 and make a new exclusion rule.<\/div>\n<div class=\"comp native-placeholder mntl-block\">\u00a0 \u00a0 8. Click\u00a0<strong>OK<\/strong>\u00a0in the exclusions window to save the changes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>At this point, you can exit any open windows and close down or minimize the Norton software.<\/p>\n<div id=\"billboard2-sticky_1-0\" class=\"comp billboard2-sticky billboard-sticky\" data-height=\"600\" data-parent=\"\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"html-slice\">Excluded items are not\u00a0seen by Norton AntiVirus software\u00a0and are not protected by the program. Anything ignored by the software might end up having viruses later on that the AV application won&#8217;t know about because they&#8217;re excluded from scans and real-time protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclude Files from Norton Antivirus Scans &#8211; Follow the steps to exclude specific files and folders from a\u00a0Norton Security Deluxe\u00a0scan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84612,84637],"tags":[84643,84644,84638,84639,84645,84640,84642,84641],"class_list":["post-30596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antivirus","category-norton","tag-how-to-add-exceptions-to-norton-security","tag-how-to-exclude-a-file-from-norton-auto-protect","tag-how-to-exclude-files-from-norton-security-suite","tag-norton-360-exclude-folder","tag-norton-exclusion-list","tag-norton-internet-security-exclude-folder","tag-norton-remove-file-from-exclusion-list","tag-norton-security-exclusion-list"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}