About the automatic exclusion of files and folders
The client software automatically detects the presence of certain third-party applications and Symantec products. After it detects them, it creates exclusions for these files and folders. The client excludes these files and folders from all antivirus and antispyware scans.
The client software automatically creates exclusions for the following items:
■ Microsoft Exchange
■ Active Directory domain controller
■ Certain Symantec products
Note: To see the exclusions that the client creates on 32-bit computers, you can
examine the contents of the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint
Protection\AV\Exclusions registry. You must not edit this registry directly. On
64-bit computers, look in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Symantec\SymantecEndpoint Protection\AV\Exclusion