Recommended antivirus real-time scan settings for CARAT

To ensure that CARAT runs without issues, the entire CARAT folder must be set up as an exception (exclusion) in your antivirus scanner. After installing the new CARAT database, its installation path In a hierarchically organized file system the path is a succession of listings that one must pass through to get from a determined place in the file system to a determined file, for example C:\sample\letter\business_letter or c:\Documents\Own files\business_letter. must also be added Addition (in Latin: addere) is one of four basic operations in arithmetic. In primary school and in common language it is the expression used for the adding of two or more numbers. as an exception.
This prevents the real-time scan from blocking relevant files or slowing down CARAT's performance Performance, in the context of computing and software, is a term meaning the effectiveness at usage of resources and the quality of output from programs..

Please deactivate temporarily the antivirus real-time scan before a CARAT installation or a CARAT update An update designates a new version of a base software program, which fixes faults or contains small improvements.. Otherwise very high queue time (60 min. instead of 3-4 min.) or abortive installations may occur.

What exactly needs to be entered?

Please add the Entire CARAT folder to your antivirus program as an exception (exclusion) for the Real-time scan.

Sample paths (may vary):

C:\CARAT

C:\WinCarat

or the individually configured A configuration designates the specific program settings or hardware components in a computer. installation path.

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Please add the files Carat.exe and CARATcef.exe as an exclusion.

Important for network installations:

If CARAT is operated on a network or via a server A server is a central computer in a designated network structure, from which the resources of the central computer can be accessed by multiple workstations (clients)., the exceptions must be set up on both sides:

On the server:

  • Exclusion of the CARAT folders

On each client PC:

If you have already installed the new CARAT database, please add the installation paths to your antivirus program as exceptions (exclusions) for real-time scanning.

Sample paths (may vary):

C:\Program Files\CARATdb

C:\Program Files\CARATdb\mongod.exe

or the custom installation paths.

Please add Mongod.exe as an exception.

Furthermore, you should give unlimited reading and writing access for the CARAT installation directory and all files stored there.
Further information about the settings of the real-time scan can be found on the website of the antivirus program's manufacturer or consult an IT expert or your network admin.