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Antivirus scanning of PSTs can cause corruption of that PST.<br />
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So it is not recommended to scan PSTs.<br />
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Antivirus scanning of PSTs can cause corruption of that PST.

So it is not recommended to scan PSTs.



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Is it recommended to exclude .PST from being scanned? It might use a lot of resources to scan it and slow up the PC?<br />

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Is it recommended to exclude .PST from being scanned? It might use a lot of resources to scan it and slow up the PC?


Yes/no, Scan files PST' s of Outlook

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