Is it a good idea to exclude "temp folders" from scanning?

utorrent, emule or (in my case) COMODO (it is a firewall) temp folders are continuously written to store temp files, that in the first two cases (utorrent and emule) when completed go into another directory.

So, to prevent NOD32 from being too much occupied in scanning temporary files I usually exclude those folders from scanning.
Is it a good idea?
Are we sure that files are scanned when moving from that "excluded directory" to the destination one at the end of the download?

 

No , it is not a good idea in my opinion . There are plenty of threats that load from temp directories.

In ESS/NOD32 v3 and v4 you can exclude UTorrent and Emule traffic from being scanned.

 

Why scanning incomplete files that have no use until they are completely downloaded?

 

Excluding Utorrent/Emule folders is safe as long as malware authors don't exploit the exclusion.

 

No.
I am asking if EAV 4 scans files while they are moving from a directory to another, and so making useless scanning those files while they are incomplete

 

Many programs use that folder, including malware. It's better not to add the exclusion.

For example, if you click run on IE the file won't move to your download folder, and will directly execute from the temporary folder. If you had added the exclusion, ESET won't scan it.

There are many other scenarios such as drive-by exploits, installer unpacking malware there, etc so I do not recommend it.

 

The inherent risks of Peer-to-Peer File Swapping

There are some Security Forums that will not support you if you state or it is determined you run P2P

How to exclude certain files or folders from real-time scanning if you must

You shoud flush your Temp Folder on occasion as an extra security measure.

The desitination directory is

Code:

[b]%temp%[/b]

Via CTRL + A & CTRL + D in Safe Mode

 

In a word NO.

Exclusions are for other security products or your https banking site.

 

You better not exclude it. Besides, the performance you'd get from excluding that folder will probably be negligible.

 

OK, thank you all