Speed Up Microsoft Teams By Bypassing Antivirus Checks

Microsoft’s official recommendation <https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/OfficeDocs-SkypeForBusiness/blob/9df8f4069848c52ae810719e4baf171014b01452/Teams/teams-files-folders-antivirus-perf.md> for improving the performance of Teams on Windows is to exclude it from antivirus checks: Add the following Teams programs to your antivirus safe list. %localappdata%\Microsoft\Teams\current\Teams.exe %localappdata%\Microsoft\Teams\Update.exe Add the following Teams folders to your antivirus safe list. %localappdata%\Microsoft\Teams %appdata%\Microsoft\Teams| Because antivirus software only exists to slow your system down, right? (Found from this <https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2021/07/12/windows_11_still_doesnt_understand/#c_4292299> reader comment.)

Hi, Teams has had some rather scary vulnerabilities disclosed recently. I would not want to be taking chances with my business data like that. just my 10c worth.. On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 at 15:11, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo(a)geek-central.gen.nz> wrote:
Microsoft’s official recommendation < https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/OfficeDocs-SkypeForBusiness/blob/9df8f40698...
for improving the performance of Teams on Windows is to exclude it from antivirus checks:
Add the following Teams programs to your antivirus safe list. %localappdata%\Microsoft\Teams\current\Teams.exe %localappdata%\Microsoft\Teams\Update.exe
Add the following Teams folders to your antivirus safe list. %localappdata%\Microsoft\Teams %appdata%\Microsoft\Teams|
Because antivirus software only exists to slow your system down, right?
(Found from this < https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2021/07/12/windows_11_still_doesnt_...
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Gregory Machin
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro