Least Privilege Narrowest exclusions targeting specific files and paths. Maximises protection surface. Balanced Folder-level exclusions where patterns are clear. Good trade-off of performance and protection. Aggressive Broad process and extension exclusions. Maximum performance gain with reduced protection.

EXCLUSION MAKER

MDAV PERFORMANCE TRACE ANALYZER

Upload a Microsoft Defender Antivirus performance trace (.etl) to analyze scan patterns and generate contextual exclusions following least-privilege principles.

Drop your Defender performance trace here or click to browse

Accepts .etl files captured with New-MpPerformanceRecording

Your trace is processed on the server and never stored permanently.