KIS 2011 - set it to scan archives or not?

Diggsy · 11 Feb 2011 at 19:50

As title, should I set KIS 2011 to scan archives, or will this merely serve to slow everything down?

Is it really essential?

theheyes · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:37

Well, to me a full virus scan is a full virus scan. If you're going to the trouble of checking your computer for viruses, then arbitrarily choosing not to scan archive files doesn't really make sense unless you have a lot of password-protected files that keep holding everything up.

Diggsy · 11 Feb 2011 at 22:16

Okay, thanks. I assume the advice would be the same whether it is for one off scans or general on the fly protection?

Destination · 12 Feb 2011 at 09:05

I think KIS still has major issues with archives over 2GB.
Freaks it out and has done since the 2008 build.

Exclude those.

Broken Hope · 12 Feb 2011 at 10:39

theheyes said:
Well, to me a full virus scan is a full virus scan. If you're going to the trouble of checking your computer for viruses, then arbitrarily choosing not to scan archive files doesn't really make sense unless you have a lot of password-protected files that keep holding everything up.

What's the point of scanning archives, Virus's can't execute from within an archive, as long as the scanner scans when the archive is unpacked you're just as safe without the massive overhead of the scanner having to unpack and then scan the files within any time you open a folder with archives.

Diggsy · 13 Feb 2011 at 12:56

Ah, thanks a lot guys