Antivirus exclusions for Hyper-V

hi again,

on the faq , on blogs read recommended antivirus exclusions hyper-v machines:

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resolution

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configure real-time scanning component within antivirus software exclude following files , directories:

 

• default virtual machine configuration directory (c:\programdata\microsoft\windows\hyper-v)

• custom virtual machine configuration directories

• default virtual hard disk directory (c:\users\public\documents\hyper-v\virtual hard disks)
• custom virtual hard disk directories

• snapshot directories
• vmms.exe
• vmwp.exe

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laura zhang - msft

just make sure: it's these folders , files?

thanks,
eduardo

your quote laura came quoting knowledge base article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/961804. written hyper-v team , authoritative. should confident , comfortable following guidelines.

you have option - don't use antivirus. ben armstrong briefly discusses here: http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2009/03/17/antivirus-and-hyper-v-or-why-can-t-i-start-my-virtual-machine.aspx. don't run antivirus on home hyper-v server. i'd never propose option @ work, of course.

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