How do I stop Avast Security Scan from scanning Time Machine backups? The scan spends much time scanning a disk area titled "/Volumes/Time_Machine/MacBook Pro.sparsebundle/bands/..." I tried to set Preferences>Shields>File Shield>Settings>Excluded paths, but this brings up a finder type window to choose from and this path is not listed.
Please help and thanx!
Hello,
you can add exception to the directory in Settings of the specific scan. In the directory selection dialog, you can use "cmd + shift + g" which pops out field where you can enter the path.
Saying that, we do have a checkbox "scan time machine backup directories" which is by default turned off, however our algorithm seems to not identify that directory as time machine directory.
Please could you run terminal (eg. cmd + space, type terminal + enter), write following commands one by one and send me outputs to ondrej.kolacek (at) avast.com?
mount
ls -la /Volumes/Time_Machine
ls -la /Volumes/Time_Machine/MacBook\ Pro.sparsebundle
Kind regards,
Ondrej Kolacek