Processes exclusions

The Processes exclusions feature enables you to exclude application processes from Real-time file system protection.

Backup solutions strive to improve speed, process integrity, and service availability. They usually use techniques known to conflict with file-level malware protection to achieve it. Similar problems can occur when attempting to complete a live migration of virtual machines. Usually, the only effective way to avoid such situations is to deactivate Anti-Malware software.

By excluding specific processes (for example, those of the backup solution), all file operations attributed to such excluded processes are ignored and considered safe, thus minimizing interference with the backup process. We recommend using caution when creating exclusions – an excluded backup tool can access infected files without triggering an alert, which is why extended permissions are only allowed in the real-time protection module.

This feature was designed to exclude backup tools. Excluding the backup tool's scanning process ensures system stability and does not affect backup performance as the backup is not slowed down while it is running. Ultimately, it minimizes the risk of potential conflicts.

Add binaries to the list of excluded processes

1.Click Setup > Protections > Real-time file system protection.

2.In the Real-time file system protection > Processes exclusions section, click Edit next to Processes to be excluded from scanning.

3.Click Add.

4.Type the absolute path of the binary.

5.Click Save twice.

6.In the Setup screen, click Save.

As soon as a binary is added to the exclusions, ESET Server Security for Linux stops monitoring its activity. Scans do not run on any file operations performed by that binary.

You can also Edit existing processes or Delete them from exclusions.

Export/import detection exclusions

To share the configured processes exclusions with another instance of ESET Server Security for Linux that is not managed remotely, export the configuration:

1.Click Setup > Protections > Real-time file system protection.

2.In the Real-time file system protection > Processes exclusions section, click Edit next to Processes to be excluded from scanning.

3.Click Export.

4.Click the download icon next to Download exported data.

5.If the browser prompts to open or save the file, select Save.

To import the exported processes exclusions file:

1.Click Setup > Protections > Real-time file system protection.

2.In the Real-time file system protection > Processes exclusions section, click Edit next to Processes to be excluded from scanning.

3.Click Import, then the browse icon to browse for the exported file, click Open.

4.Click Import > OK > Save.

5.In the Setup screen, click Save.