Whitelist or Monitored: What is the difference, and when should I use which list?

The difference is simple, but very important:

Whitelist means:
The app is trusted permanently and will be excluded from all future scans. It will no longer appear in the results as a potential threat or suspicious app.

Monitored means:
The app is temporarily tolerated in the current case, but it remains under observation. If Anti Spy or Antivirus AI later detect new anomalies, new threats, or changed patterns within this app, it will appear in the results again.

In practice, this means:

• Use Whitelist if you fully trust an app and are sure it should no longer be checked in the future.
• Use Monitored if you are not completely sure yet, or if you want to keep an app for now but still want an extra layer of safety.

For most users, Monitored is the safer choice whenever there is still uncertainty. Why? Because you are not permanently taking the app out of the protection logic. That is especially useful for apps that change frequently, receive new versions, or whose behavior may change with updates.

In short:
Whitelist = permanently ignore
Monitored = tolerate for now, but continue observing in the future

If you are unsure, Monitored is usually the better decision.