If you remove the # what you # that tell clams.exe to do the do what the statement above the line says.
Marcy Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 23, 2020, at 5:36 PM, Ilana Olsen via clamav-users > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ok if you remove the # sign that tells it to scan it. > Jessica > >> On Fri, Oct 23, 2020, 4:41 PM Mark Fortescue via clamav-users >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Have you tried C:\\Windows or C:/Windows. >> >> Just a thought. >> >> Regards >> Mark. >> >> On 23/10/2020 19:46, Marcy Rogers via clamav-users wrote: >> > Ged >> > >> > Thank you for the advice. >> > >> > When I installed Clamav for Windows, the install places the Clamav in >> > the c:\program files. >> > I followed the instructions for installing Clamav for Windows and placed >> > the clamd.conf file in the c:\program files\clamav. >> > I ran powershell as an admin and edited the clamd.conf file. I will >> > attach the config file that I am using. >> > In the config file, you will see this. >> > # Don't scan files and directories matching regex >> > # This directive can be used multiple times >> > # Default: scan all >> > #ExcludePath "C:\temp" >> > ExcludePath "C:\Windows" >> > >> > I have removed the # sign in front of the "c:\windows" because I want to >> > exclude it from being scanned. >> > The C:Windows is still being scanned even though I have told Clamd.exe >> > not to scan that directory. >> > But >> > # Perform a database check. >> > # Default: 600 (10 min) >> > SelfCheck 3600 >> > >> > This was set at 600 before I changed it to 3600 minutes. Clamd.exe is >> > reading to do a selfcheck every 3600 minutes but it is not reading to >> > excludepath "c:\windows" >> > >> > I have tried to force it to read the clamd.conf and it still scans the >> > c:\windows directory even if it is excluded. >> > >> > >> > >> > Added my config file as a text file hoping someone can help me out. I >> > have been working on this for 4 months now. I am scanning but it is >> > taking over 5 hours to scan and I would like to cut that down by not >> > scanning the Window directory. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Marcy >> > >> > On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 2:26 PM G.W. Haywood via clamav-users >> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> > wrote: >> > >> > Hi there, >> > >> > On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Marcy Rogers via clamav-users wrote: >> > >> > > Good Morning, >> > >> > Good evening. :) >> > >> > > I have Clamav on Windows Servers. I am running clamd.exe in >> > powershell >> > > with this command, .\clamd.exe >> > > >> > > Do you need to put the config file in there for clamd.exe to read >> > it? I >> > > understood that just running clamd.exe should read the config file. >> > >> > Most tools which use a configuration file will have a 'default' >> > location (often more than one location) where they will look for a >> > configuration file if they aren't told where to look for it in the >> > command itself. The clamd daemon has such a default but I don't know >> > what it is for your system, you should be able to find documentation >> > which tells you. The same documentation will tell you how to specify >> > the location of the file on the command line. >> > >> > > I am asking because the clamd.exe is not reading my config file >> > because I >> > > have excluded c:windows but it is still scanning c:\windows folder. >> > >> > To be clear, are we talking about the 'ExcludePath' directive? >> > >> > Sometimes tools are fussy about the precise syntax of configration >> > options. If your clamd is reading the configuration file which you >> > think it is reading and you have properly set the exclusion in the >> > configuration then you may need to experiment with the syntax. As I >> > don't use clamd on Windows I have no experience to offer but I'm sure >> > that someone else here will. >> > >> > The clamd daemon does not itself scan things from the command line. >> > Another tool such as clamdscan (which uses clamd to do the scan) or >> > clamscan (which doesn't) will do that. So if you run clamd.exe from >> > the command line would not expect a scan to take place immediately, >> > all that I'd expect to happen is that the daemon would be started. >> > >> > -- >> > >> > 73, >> > Ged. >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > >> > clamav-users mailing list >> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> > https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users >> > >> > >> > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: >> > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq >> > >> > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > >> > clamav-users mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users >> > >> > >> > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: >> > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq >> > >> > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> clamav-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users >> >> >> Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: >> https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq >> >> http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml > > _______________________________________________ > > clamav-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > > > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
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