>> Definitely exclude your music files from any antivirus scanning, though.
> Adding exemptions for .flac, .mp3, .ogg, .m4a, and .jpg reduced the
> total rebuild from 41 minutes to 32. Does not checking these files for
> malware introduce any risk? Thanks.
I don't think these file types are common targets of "traditional"
viruses in that I'm not sure I've ever heard of viruses attaching buffer
overflows or whatever when already active on a system.
What media files can exploit are those buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
But those most often are used by external attacks to get onto your
machine in the first place. Eg. by feeding manipulated data to your
player. But as long as your locally stored files were ripped yourself or
aren't newly downloaded I believe you should be relatively save.
> Adding exemptions for .flac, .mp3, .ogg, .m4a, and .jpg reduced the
> total rebuild from 41 minutes to 32. Does not checking these files for
> malware introduce any risk? Thanks.
I don't think these file types are common targets of "traditional"
viruses in that I'm not sure I've ever heard of viruses attaching buffer
overflows or whatever when already active on a system.
What media files can exploit are those buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
But those most often are used by external attacks to get onto your
machine in the first place. Eg. by feeding manipulated data to your
player. But as long as your locally stored files were ripped yourself or
aren't newly downloaded I believe you should be relatively save.