Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 - Exclude files and locations == Exclude processes??

Question

Hi,
I have a server with Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 installed.
This server is running Backup Exec. I have created an files and folder exclusion pointing to:
C:\Program Files\Symantec
There are various references online like this one
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH74529
Which highlight excluding the processes rather than what I have done...
If the process is inside the Symantec folder is there any technical difference between using the files and folder exclusion as opposed to the process exclusion?

Answer 1

Yes, the difference is that excluding the folder location will only exclude the folder and the child items of that specific location from scanning activity whereas excluding a process will exclude any activity by the process regardless of location. So,
with a process exclusion, if that process under C:\Program Files\Symantec produces activity in C:\Windows, the activity will be excluded from scanning, but if you just have the C:\Program Files\Symantec folder excluded, the activity in C:\Windows will not
be excluded.