> --On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 8:31 AM -0500 Michael Stowe > <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> So which free AV's offer a way to exclude a process? >> >> At least that's an easy question: none of them. > > MSE seems to have the feature: > > <http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-7/set-microsoft-security-essentials-to-exclude-a-process/>
You are incorrect, sir. That refers to MSE not scanning the process itself, not any files that process may read or write. > I was hoping that Avast and Immunet (with ClamAV) would have this feature. They *also* lack the feature you describe, which you may recall I characterized as "unwise." Once a file is read into memory, there's nothing preventing it from being executed, so most AVs do not make the distinction. (There is a class of professional AVs that do, largely because they make use of pseudo-execution, virtual machines or jails. Free solutions, and most commercial solutions, do not.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
