Forensics Monitoring Exclusions
Forensics -> Monitoring Exclusions
You can exclude these elements from monitoring:
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Process - To exclude an executable by element, MD5 and signer.
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Certificate - To exclude processes based on the company that signs the certificate.
Syntax:
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Process can be excluded by name only, or by full path.
For example
C:\Program Files\MyTrustedDirectory\excludeMe.exe -
Full path can contain environment variables.
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Full path CANNOT contain wildcards.
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Certificate
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Microsoft
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md5:0123456789012345
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Exclude a process by hash.
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Excluding a Certificate / Process means that files modified / created by a certain process will not be backed up, or monitored by Anti-Ransomware and Behavioral Guard.
| Example | Supported/Unsupported | Description |
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| C:\Program Files\MyTrustedDirectory\* | Not supported | Excludes all the processes under MyTrustedDirectory |
| C:\Program Files\MyTrustedDirectory\excludeMe.exe | Supported | Excludes the excludeMe.exe under MyTrustedDirectory |
| excludeMe.exe | Supported | Process can be excluded by name only. Note: Supported but recommended to be used together with Certificate and/or MD5. |
| %ProgramFiles%\MyTrustedDirectory\excludeMe.exe | Supported | Full path can contain environment variables. Note: Supports only for System Environment Variables (not user Environment Variables). |
| C:\*\process.exe | Not supported | Full path cannot contain wildcards. |