When virus scans are there certain directories they skip?

[raffi at flossyourmind.com (Raffi Jamgotchian)]

Common configuration for say MS-Exchange and MS-SQL is to exclude the  
database directories themselves. Knowing this information makes it a  
potential vector.


On Aug 22, 2009, at 12:25 PM, Jim Halfpenny wrote:

> It depends on the AV software and how it is configured. Many  
> packages allow for whitelisting files or directories so that they do  
> not get scanned, useful if you have a legitimate tool which is  
> flagged as malicious. There's no reason why malware could not try to  
> subvert this behaviour to hide themseleves if that's your line of  
> thinking.
>
> Jim
>
> 2009/8/21 Dimitrios Kapsalis <dimitrios at gmail.com>
> Was thinking this afternoon, when anti-virus scans run, are there  
> certain directories that they always skip?
>
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