We currently use Kaspersky as our AV solution. But being a gov't agency, we've now been ordered to remove KES. Personally, I've never had any problems with the product. But it has to go.
So I am testing BitDefender GravityZone (we may test other solutions). I have figured out how to get BD to uninstall KES and install itself (hint: you have to disable uninstall passwords in the KES policies, by unchecking inheritance). Anyway, I am creating my first policy. From what I've read here (and elsewhere), the default exclusions are good for most people. The only thing I've added are custom exclusions for extensions - specifically, MS SQL extensions (mdf, ldf, bak, trn, etc). I've got a number of SQL servers.
Are there other recommendations for custom exclusions? For example, excluding our backup program (EMC Networker), or our mail server...