Allowlist Elastic Endpoint in third-party antivirus apps
Add Elastic Endpoint as a trusted application in third-party antivirus (AV) software.
Note
If you use other antivirus (AV) software along with Elastic Defend, you may need to add the other system as a trusted application in the Elastic Security app. Refer to Trusted applications for more information.
Third-party antivirus (AV) applications may identify the expected behavior of Elastic Endpoint—the installed component that performs Elastic Defend's threat monitoring and prevention—as a potential threat. Add Elastic Endpoint's digital signatures and file paths to your AV software's allowlist to ensure Elastic Endpoint continues to function as intended. We recommend you allowlist both the file paths and digital signatures, if applicable.
Note
Your AV software may refer to allowlisted processes as process exclusions, ignored processes, or trusted processes. It is important to note that file, folder, and path-based exclusions/exceptions are distinct from trusted applications and will not achieve the same result. This page explains how to ignore actions taken by processes, not how to ignore the files that spawned those processes.
Allowlist Elastic Endpoint on Windows
File paths:
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ELAM driver:
c:\Windows\system32\drivers\elastic-endpoint-driver.sys
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Driver:
c:\Windows\system32\drivers\ElasticElam.sys
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Executable:
c:\Program Files\Elastic\Endpoint\elastic-endpoint.exe
Note
The executable runs as
elastic-endpoint.exe
.
Digital signatures:
Elasticsearch, Inc.
Elasticsearch B.V.
For additional information about allowlisting on Windows, refer to Trusting Elastic Defend in other software.
Allowlist Elastic Endpoint on macOS
File paths:
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System extension (recursive directory structure):
/Applications/ElasticEndpoint.app/
Note
The system extension runs as
co.elastic.systemextension
. -
Executable:
/Library/Elastic/Endpoint/elastic-endpoint.app/Contents/MacOS/elastic-endpoint
Note
The executable runs as
elastic-endpoint
.
Digital signatures:
- Authority/Developer ID Application:
Elasticsearch, Inc (2BT3HPN62Z)
- Team ID:
2BT3HPN62Z
Allowlist Elastic Endpoint on Linux
File path:
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Executable:
/opt/Elastic/Endpoint/elastic-endpoint
Note
The executable runs as
elastic-endpoint
.