On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:56:48 +0800
唐杰 <outstandingca...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all~
> 
> I am a freshman of clamav and is reading the code of clamscan
> recently. I don't know why we need a filter? Does it filter some
> files which can be confirmed not a virus?

Do you mean the --exclude command-line parameter?
That is there for directories you'd never wish to scan like /sys, /dev
and so on.

Best regards,
--Edwin
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