How to Set Exceptions in Norton Antivirus?

Exceptions, aka exclusion and a set of an elucidated rule; allow users to define files or folders, or programs that Norton will not monitor when performing a virus scan of your system. This is helpful when you have files, programs or other data that are not infected or do not need to be scanned, the antivirus can exclude those files from a virus scanning utility.

Norton Support gives the reasons behind applying the exclusions:-

Over time, cyber-attacks have become more intelligent, but the security industry fighting is back. Regardless, many efforts, ultimately users have to make decisions for those applications that are bit harmful, but beneficial and should not be blocked. To resolve this, you wish to exclude those programs, so that Norton will ignore that certain files or programs while performing a virus scan.

1. Double-click the antivirus icon on your desktop or select from the System Tray or select from the start menu programs.
2. Find the Settings button in the upper-right corner of the window, click it and go to the User Interface Settings category.
3. In the Interface Settings, select Export and click the Ok button to make changes. On the left side of the main menu, click on the Antivirus tab to pop up the controller for managing the virus scanner.
4. Enable the Exclusions box; check the mark to activate it.
5. Click on Add/ + button at the top of a list to start the rule wizard. Make appropriate selections to rule a certain file or program out, and click the Finish button to save changes.
6. Now, close all ongoing programs, exit the current window, and restart your system to apply exclusions.

These steps are quite easy and effective to follow. However, if you face any difficulties while following these steps, then you can contact Norton Support Number Australia1-800-958-211. Here, we have a team of well-trained professionals and they will be heartily happy to help you.

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