Any antivirus product can generate false-positive results.
A false-positive is where the antivirus software positively identifies something as a virus but is wrong.
When this happens the antivirus software will treat the detection as if it were real.
This may sound complicated but is ultimately not as hard as you may think!
Excluding a file from and antivirus scanner instructs it to skip testing that file.
This guide will walk you through the process of excluding a file from being scanned with Windows Defender.
Tip: Be careful excluding files.
Only exclude files you are absolutely confident are safe.
You should also keep the number of excluded files to a minimum.
Click Manage options, under Virus & threat protection options, on the Virus and threat protection tab.
poke the link to Add or remove exclusions under the Exclusions header.
Its located near the bottom of the Virus & threat protection controls page.
Click Add or remove exclusions under the Exclusions header.
tap the Add an exclusion button, then choose which key in of exclusion you want to add.
you might exclude an individual file or a whole folder and its contents including subdirectories.
you could also exclude all files of a certain file jot down or a specific process.
Select which bang out of exclusion you want to apply.
Its recommended you only exclude individual files rather than applying blanket exclusions.
Once a file has been excluded it will appear under the Add an exclusion button.
Excluded files will appear below the Add an exclusion button.
