Microsoft|Windows Updating: Virus scanning recommendations from MS

[Guest MowGreen [MVP]]

Virus scanning recommendations for computers that are running Windows

Server 2003, Windows 2000, or Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822158

> Do not scan the following files and folders. These files are not at risk of infection.

> If you scan these files, serious performance problems may occur because of file locking.

> Where a specific set of files is identified by name, exclude only those files instead of

> the whole folder. Sometimes, the whole folder must be excluded. Do not exclude any one of

> these based on the file name extension.

> • Microsoft Windows Update or Automatic Update related files

> • The Windows Update or Automatic Update database file. This file is located in the

> following folder:

> %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Datastore

> Exclude the Datastore.edb file.

> • The transaction log files. These files are located in the following folder:

> %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Datastore\Logs

> Exclude the following files:

> • Edb*.log

>

> Note The wildcard character indicates that there may be several files.

> • Res1.log

> • Res2.log

> • Edb.chk

> • Tmp.edb

 

From my experience in the Windows Update newsgroup, corruption of the

DataStore.edb is *the* biggest cause of updating issues in XP.

Configuring the AV to *not* scan this extensible database will mitigate

that issue.

 

 

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]

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