Scanning in archives

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by Drew99GT, Jan 24, 2007.

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  1. Drew99GT

    Drew99GT Registered Member

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    How important is it for an antivirus/antimalware to scan in archives?
     
    Drew99GT, Jan 24, 2007
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    well for realtime scanning, it would slow down performance. also the AV would catch the malware once unpacked anyways.
     
    WSFuser, Jan 25, 2007
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