
Other options can be as simple as making sure the excluded location has the appropriate access-control lists (ACLs) or setting policies to audit mode at first.

Consider all your options when defining exclusions. Keep the following points in mind when you're defining exclusions:Įxclusions are technically a protection gap. Furthermore, the Network Protection and Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) Rules are also impacted by process exclusions specifically, meaning that a process exclusion on any platform will result in Network Protection or ASR being unable to inspect traffic or enforce rules for that specific process. This means that features which are directly dependent on the AV engine such as protection against malware, file IOCs and certificate IOCs will not be effective.

Exclusions directly impact the ability for Microsoft Defender Antivirus to block, remediate or inspect events related to the files, folders or processes that are added to the exclusion list.
