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File Level AV and Forefront for OCS exclusions
File Level AV and Forefront for OCS exclusions
In reference to the follwoing technet article (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943620) MS states the the OCS and Forefront installation folders must be excluded before performing a file-level AV scan on the server using a 3rd party product. I would like a little bit more information on this topic.
Does this exclusion recommendation apply to on-access scanning? If so, doesn't this open up the server to the possibilty of contracting a virus should said virus decide to "hide" in one of these two directories?
If a virus does hide in this directory and is "invisible" to the 3rd party AV product, will Forefront for OCS detect and clean the directory?
Thank you...
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- Wow, two days and no answer?
- Hello Matt,
Sorry for the delay in responding to your question. We're investigating to see what the best options are and we typically test our recommendations before posting a reply. We'll try and get back to you on this in the next day or so.
Thanks,
Molly - Has there been any more information on this? I have on OCS R2 implementation and each role in OCS is on a different server. I would like to know what folders, files, and processes I should exclude from my AV software.
