Re: Anti virus scanning for Postgres database servers - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Laurenz Albe
Subject Re: Anti virus scanning for Postgres database servers
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Msg-id c64966a2ebace75cff3c9f9f399f17231c8b3e74.camel@cybertec.at
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In response to Anti virus scanning for Postgres database servers  (soumen rana <soumenrana.06@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Anti virus scanning for Postgres database servers
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On Mon, 2025-09-22 at 13:03 -0700, soumen rana wrote:
> This will mean that the Postgres Installation directories and files will be
> scanned by Microsoft Defender and quarantine any threats.
>
> We have requested to exclude the data directories from the Antivirus scanning.
> Is anyone aware of any performance,  operational, or data-loss related
> challenges with Anti Virus scanning of Postgres binaries?

I think that should be safe, at least until Microsoft starts to perceive
PostgreSQL as a threat...

Yours,
Laurenz Albe



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