Re: Anti virus scanning for Postgres database servers

Microsoft defender locks the data files in the data directory during the
scans. Which created a problem for us in the past. You need to skip the
data directory from the Microsoft defender scans.

On Tue, 23 Sept, 2025, 2:51 am soumen rana, <soumenrana(dot)06(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> The oganization I work for uses some postgres databases installed on Linux
> servers. The security team is planning to initiate Microsoft Defender Anti
> Virus scanning on these servers in an "Active" mode.
>
> 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?
>
> Thanking you in advance.
>
> Greetings,
> Soumen Rana
>
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