Exclusion Support

Add Exclusions for a wide range of resources, including applications, URLs, software, and more, exclusively available in Qualys Endpoint Protection.

Objects in Exclusions

The exclusion has any of the following object types:

• File: Specify only the specific filename. 

• Extension: Specify the objects that have the specified extension.

   File extensions are case-sensitive, and files with the same name but different extensions are considered distinct objects. For example, file.txt is different from file .TXT.

• Folder: Specify all files and processes within the specified folder and all its sub-folders.

• Process: Objects accessed by the excluded process.

• File Hash: The file with the specified SHA-256 hash format.

• Certificate Hash: All the Windows applications and PowerShell scripts under the specified certificate hash, Thumbprint in SHA-1 and SHA-2 format.

• Threat Name: Objects having a detection name. This is not available for Linux operating systems.

• Command Line: Available only for Windows.

• IP: Specify the IP addresses (0-255 format) for which inbound and outbound traffic will be excluded from scanning.

Exclusions

Enable the Exclusions toggle and select the Type from the drop-down as FILE NAME, and click the plus (+) icon. In the Add Exclusion, choose the exclusion manually, and click Add to apply the exclusions to all EPP engines.

For the Type cmdline, copy the Arguments and the Full Path from the Parent Process section of the Event Details under the Events tab. The copied Arguments and Full Path should be pasted in the Command Line to be Executed field. The following screenshot is an example of the Type cmdline exclusion:

The following table lists the information of each Type that can be excluded using the Exclusions option:

Type	Value	Description	Expandable Variable Support	Wildcard Support	Examples
file	the absolute path of the file	excludes from the scanning a specific file	Yes	Yes	C:\*\text.txt
folder	the absolute path of the folder	excludes from the scanning a particular folder and its content recursively	Yes	Yes	%programdata%\*\folder\
extension	the extension name	excludes from scanning all files that have a specific extension	No	No	exe
process (only for OnAccess Scan)	the absolute file path of an executable file	excludes from the scanning a process by its path	Yes	Yes	%windir%\*.exe
cmdline (only for OnAccess Scan)	the absolute path file path of an executable file followed by the arguments	excludes from scanning a process by its command line. Use this exclusion to avoid detections when the process is started with this command line	No	No	c:\test.exe param1 param2
sha256	the sha256 hash value of the file	excludes a file using its sha256 hash. The exclusion is evaluated after detection has occurred and, thus, should not be used for performance reason	No	No	e2ec4xxxxxx88caxxxxxxebe8cxxxxa86d3xxxxxx4f1b1
thumbprint	the hash of the certificate with which the file is signed with	excludes a file using the certificates' thumbprint. The exclusion is evaluated after detection has occurred. It thus should not be used for performance reason	No	No	a3eccb1xxxxxxxxx5f02cxxxxxxxecbc4f79
threatName	the threatName reported in a previous detection	excludes a file using the name of the threat reported in earlier detection. The exclusion is evaluated after detection and thus should not be used for performance reason	No	No	BAT.Trojan.Test.Z

Sample JSON

Exclusion .JSON

Device Control Exclusions

Toggle the Device Control Exclusions from the Exclusions option. Perform the following steps to create Device Control Exclusions:

1. Click Add New Exclusion to exclude the device.
2. In the Create Exclusion window, provide the details in the mandatory fields.
3. Choose Rule Mode as Manual or Auto.
   • Manual Rule Mode: Enter the list of Device IDs.
   • Auto Rule Mode: Click the  and select the Device Id or Product Id. Click Search. Click Add to include the devices. All the added devices will be listed in the Exclusions.

   The following screenshot displays the Device Control Exclusion window:

   

   If you select Product ID, all devices with the same Product ID will be excluded. 

4. Choose to Allow or Block the specified devices.
5. Click Create.

   The following screenshot displays the list of exclusions based on Device Id, Product Id, or Product Name:

   

Preconfigured Database Paths for Optimal Performance

We have preconfigured commonly used database paths to prevent potential CPU spikes during scans and ensure smoother performance without disruptions.

MongoDB	C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server*\data* C:\data\db* /var/lib/mongodb/* /data/db/*
Cassandra	C:\Program Files\DataStax Community*\data* C:\Program Files\Cassandra*\data* /var/lib/cassandra/* /var/lib/cassandra/data/* /usr/local/cassandra/* /usr/local/cassandra/*
MySQL	C:\Program Files\MySQL*\data* C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server *\data* /var/lib/mysql/* /var/lib/mysql-files/* /var/lib/mysql-keyring/*
PostgreSQL	C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL*\data* /var/lib/postgresql/* /var/lib/pgsql/*
Microsoft SQL Server	C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server*\MSSQL\DATA* C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server*\MSSQL\Log* /var/opt/mssql/data/* /var/opt/mssql/log/*
SQLite	/var/db/sqlite/* /usr/local/var/db/sqlite/* /path/to/your/sqlite/dbs/*.db
Oracle Database	C:\app*\oradata* /u01/app/oracle/oradata/* /opt/oracle/oradata/*
Redis	C:\Program Files\Redis*\data* /var/lib/redis/* /var/db/redis/*
MariaDB	C:\Program Files\MariaDB *\data* /var/lib/mysql/* /var/lib/mariadb/* /usr/local/mysql/data/*
IBM Db2	C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB*\db2inst1\NODE0000* /home/db2inst1/db2inst1/NODE0000/* /opt/ibm/db2/V*/NODE0000/*