File & directory exclusion for Exchange 2010 in antivirus

Hi
I'm running Exchange 2010 servers.
Can someone told me what would be the exclusion should be done in terms of file level & directory level for exchange 2010 in antivirus.
Thanks in Advance
Anuj Gupta

Hi,
Let’s begin with the following article:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/davmcg/archive/2012/02/04/exchange-server-2010-and-antivirus-exclusions.aspx
The article lists the individual files and extensions of antivirus in Exchange 2010.
And here is more reference:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mspfe/archive/2011/05/05/exchange_2d00_server_2d00_recommendations_2d00_for_2d00_file_2d00_level_2d00_antivirus_2d00_scanners.aspx
If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.
Thanks,
Angela Shi
TechNet Community Support

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