About
Symantec Data Loss Prevention
and antivirus software

Symantec recommends installing antivirus software on your
Symantec Data Loss Prevention
servers. However, antivirus software may interpret
Symantec Data Loss Prevention
activity as virus-like behavior. Therefore, certain files and directories must be excluded from antivirus scans. These files and directories include the
Symantec Data Loss Prevention
and Oracle directories on your servers. If you do not have antivirus software installed on your
Symantec Data Loss Prevention
servers (not recommended), you can skip these antivirus-related post-installation tasks.