exclude file from on demand scanner

how to exclude files from being scanned by on demand scanner module ? if i exclude files within AMON setting it won't be scanned by realtime but still scanned via on demand.

 

You can't. Not yet anyways, maybe in ver.3

 

The [removed] parameter is for testing purposes only.

So it's up to you if you wanna have a go at it

 

Please refrain from advising people to use that parameter as it does not do exactly what it's supposed to do! It was made only for purposes of the virus lab and using it might expose your computer to risk.

 

hmmmmmmm.... can eset give some update or patch to do that (exclude files from on demand scanner) ? it would be very usefull....

 

And yet reference to the [censored-but-not-so-secret] command line switch still exists in the 2.51.26 installer posted now, August, 2006. And as a result here I was--until reading this thread--looking at that installer's help file, trying to figure out how to exclude files, wasting my time, like an idiot.

Someone ought to get around to removing it from the help file...

 

IMHO there is still great value in the mention of it in documentation for as long as it is parsed by the application. Perhaps the decsription of this un-named NOD32 feature could be adjusted at some time, at least until it no longer exists.

Not so long ago a big software company that makes operating systems and office productiviy suites was in trouble because they had 'undocumneted' features in their products. If I remember they were required in judgement to either document or remove these features.

AFAIK, ESET has not had the same requirement imposed upon them, but it seems if put to that same test they would already comply.

Cheers

 

~snip~ Blackspear Marcos already said the /exclude switch should be removed from the documentation. I wasted my time because it hadn't been. So propose notional amateur legal theories all you want, but the docs do need to be changed. Change it to say "The /exclude switch is there, but doesn't work. Our bad." I don't care.

 

That sounds like a nice idea.
I'm sorry to hear you wasted some time.
Recently there was a thread here that covered a workaround.

Cheers

ps. I posted your suggestion into the Future Changes to Nod32 thread here.

 

File/Directory Exclusions

NOD32 can exclude some files or directories for monitoring.
Can I use "%systemroot%\dir" instead of long path like: "C:\Windows\dir" in the setting

 

Re: File/Directory Exclusions

Hi ivanwong,
I'm guessing that you're referring to exclusions in AMON.
It is necessary to specify any exclusions explicitly for AMON and to be certain it is best to exclude using two entries, one each for LFN and SFN format since AMON takes notice of the name the file or folder was accessed by.

If you would like more information there is a past discussion of this here, or feel free to ask.

Cheers

 

All this will be alot easier in v3, trust me