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Defender Slowness Issue
Hi Team, Developers have been experiencing extreme slowness lately. When we give an exclusion to C as in the below screenshot, It goes back to normal. Exclude C is like saying don't ...
HeikeRitter
Microsoft
MicrosoftHello,
yes, you are right that C:\ exclusion is very bad and should not be set.
Can your developers set more focused AV exclusions?
Our documentation would be here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/configure-exclusions-microsoft-defender-antivirus?view=o365-worldwide
If this doesn't help, I would recommend opening a support ticket.
Best,
Heike
yes, you are right that C:\ exclusion is very bad and should not be set.
Can your developers set more focused AV exclusions?
Our documentation would be here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/configure-exclusions-microsoft-defender-antivirus?view=o365-worldwide
If this doesn't help, I would recommend opening a support ticket.
Best,
Heike
Thanks for your support. We have checked folder paths as detailed and created a new custom exclusion path for our case and it works well. HeikeRitter
