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 >
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