About Symantec Data Loss Prevention and antivirus software
Symantec Data Loss Prevention
and antivirus softwareSymantec 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.