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Hello Experts,<br />
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I need to create virus scan exclusions for McAfee VS 8.8 and need some clarification on the below.<br />
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What's the difference between 1 &amp;&nbsp;2? <br />
1. \Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$instancename\<wbr />DATA\<br />
2. C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$instancename\<wbr />DATA\<br />
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How do I exclude an entire drive from scanning?<br />
Q:\ ??
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Hello Experts,

I need to create virus scan exclusions for McAfee VS 8.8 and need some clarification on the below.

What's the difference between 1 & 2? 
1. \Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$instancename\DATA\
2. C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$instancename\DATA\

How do I exclude an entire drive from scanning?
Q:\ ??

Confirm Mcafee Virus Scan Exclusions.

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