Re: Exclude Virus Scan on DB folders

From: Sue Hoegemeier (Sue_H@nomail.please)
Date: 07/09/02


From: Sue Hoegemeier <Sue_H@nomail.please>
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 16:33:48 -0600


Excluding the *df files in the data folder is a good idea.
If the anti-virus software were to see one of the structures
in a data file as matching a virus signature, the scanner
could corrupt the file. It also takes a long time to scan
the data/log files.

-Sue

On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 15:10:23 -0700, "Steph"
<veinahpets@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Someone suggested to exclude Database Folders from regular
>Virus Scan for security reasons.
>
>Anyone knows why we should do this? Dose it mean
>excluding the Data Files Folder from regular Virus Scan?
>
>Steph



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