> Source: [sk183795](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk183795)

# sk183795 - Creating Threat Emulation exceptions for Microsoft Windows updates fails 

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk183795 |
| Date Created | 2025-08-21 |
| Last Modified | 2025-10-16 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R81.20 |
| OS | Gaia |
| Platform | TE |

## Symptoms

- * When Threat Emulation processes Microsoft Windows updates, SmartConsole shows a log with action **Detect** and this error message:  

  "*File exceeded size limit*".

* Adding exceptions for the Windows updates URLs as Domain objects, whether as FQDN or non-FQDN Domain objects, does not resolve the issue.

* Adding the Microsoft updates URLs as updatable objects to the exception rule does not resolve the issue.

* In **SmartDashboard** \> **HTTPS Validation** \> **HTTPS Inspection** \> **Whitelisting** , **Bypass HTTPS Inspection of traffic to well known software update services** is selected.

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