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The exceptions settings provide keys that control malware protection process exclusions by allowing you to enable and disable adware, spyware, PUP, and heuristic detection exclusions.

Select a setting from the table below to go to the edit methods Trellix supports. Some of the settings listed in this table can also be changed manually for an individual host by modifying the agent configuration file.

Setting Key

Sub Keys

Default

Supported Edit Methods

Web UI

CLI

API

exceptions

adware

false

Yes

Yes

Yes

heuristic_detections

false

Yes

Yes

Yes

pup

false

Yes

Yes

Yes

spyware

false

Yes

Yes

Yes