Examples of trusted zone exclusion masks in Kaspersky Endpoint Security 11 for Windows
Latest update: October 30, 2019
ID: 15251
You can use several types of masks to set up exclusions in trusted zone:
- File extension masks
- File or folder name masks
- File path masks with files located in any folder, in a specified folder, or in every folder with a specified name
There are two types of characters that you can use when creating a mask:
- Characters allowed for file or folder names except <, >, |, and "
- Special characters:
- * will substitute any set of characters except pathname separators \ and /
- ** will substitute any set of characters including pathname separators \ and /
- ? will substitute any single character except pathname separators \ and /
File name and extension must be separated with a dot.
To learn how to set up exclusions in trusted zone, see this article.
Filename and extension masks for files located in any folder
Examples of exclusion masks for files located in any folder:
| Mask | Description |
|---|---|
| *.exe | Includes all paths to EXE files. |
| ??.exe | Includes all paths to EXE files with two-character names. |
| test | Includes all paths to files with the name "test". |
| *.ex? | Includes paths to all EX? files with ? standing for any single character. |
Filename and extension masks for files located in a specific folder
Examples of exclusion masks for files located in a specific folder:
| Mask | Description |
|---|---|
| C:\dir\*.* | Includes all paths to files located in folder C:\dir\. |
| C:\dir\* | |
| C:\dir\ | |
| C:\dir\*.exe | Includes all paths to EXE files located in folder C:\dir\. |
| C:\**\*.exe | Includes all paths to EXE files located in any folder on drive C. |
| C:\dir\test | Includes all paths to files which have the name "test" and are located on drive C. |
| C:\**\??.exe | Includes all paths to EXE files which have only two characters in their names and are located on drive C. |
You can use * and ? characters in the middle of a pathname only if you specify an absolute pathname.
To exclude files located within subfolders from the scan as well, check Include subfolders.
Filename and extension masks for files located in a folder with a specific name
Examples of exclusion masks for files located in folders with specific names:
| Mask | Description |
|---|---|
| dir\*.* | Includes all paths to files located in folders with the name "dir". |
| dir\* | |
| dir\ | |
| dir\*.exe | Includes all paths to EXE files located in folders with the name "dir". |
| dir\test | Includes all paths to files with the name "test" which are located in folders with the name "dir". |
| dir\??.exe | Includes all paths to EXE files which both have only two characters in their names and are located in folders with the name "dir". |
