topic Re: Cortex XDR exclusions in McAfee/Trellix in Cortex XDR Discussions

Cortex XDR exclusions in McAfee/Trellix

Mr_Kolonicny — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 18:37:52 GMT

We are currently deploying Cortex XDR as a managed service. However we have on-prem McAfee/Trellix which we are to keep. I've put in McAfee exclusion for "c$\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks". So anything in "Palo Alto Networks" and any subfolders do not get scanned by McAfee. Are there any other exclusions that need to be put in place?

Recently I've learnt about c$\ProgramData\Cyvera is it something that should be excluded too?

Thank you for your help.

Regards

Re: Cortex XDR exclusions in McAfee/Trellix

bbucao — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 19:13:07 GMT

Hi Mr_Kolonicny,

Yes, c$\ProgramData\Cyvera is part of the XDR agent. For a list of agent resources you can checkout the below linked resources per operating system. This should help you determine what exclusions to put into McAfee.

Windows agent resources
Linux agent resources

Mac agent resources

Best Regards,
Ben

Re: Cortex XDR exclusions in McAfee/Trellix

PhilBenson — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 12:31:20 GMT

Hi M,

we had major problems deploying XDR on sytem with McAfee... we ended up creating a custom McAfee Deployment Package / Task that first removed the Protection (but kept the McAfee Agent) with the Endpoint Removel-Tool, then installed XDR then removed the Agent (again with the Ednpoint Removal Tool).... worked like a charm.

Cheers