# Antivirus Exclustions & Performance considerations

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/antivirus-exclustions-performance-considerations/232845>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 15, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/antivirus-exclustions-performance-considerations/232845 "2020-05-15T14:49:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![vladtepes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vladtepes/32/64982_2.png) [@vladtepes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vladtepes)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/antivirus-exclustions-performance-considerations/232845/1 "2020-05-15T14:49:46Z")

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Hi,

I would like to know what is the guidance on antivirus for Elasticsearch? Which paths should be excluded and with what justification? I am writing about the 7.6.2 version on Windows.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/antivirus-exclustions-performance-considerations/232845/2 "2020-05-15T15:00:52Z")

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I guess that the data dir should be excluded. And may be the logs dir.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/antivirus-exclustions-performance-considerations/232845/3 "2020-06-12T15:00:53Z")

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