How scan an archive in Avira free?

Fruit2O · External Since: Jun 03, 2007 Posts: 18

Whenever Avira hits an archive, I get a message in the report that it
cannot scan any more files in the archive. This leaves me wondering if
I'm vulnerable. Question: How can I open and scan those archives?
Today, specifically, it's a cab file.

VanguardLH · External Since: Feb 12, 2009 Posts: 19

Fruit2O wrote:

> Whenever Avira hits an archive, I get a message in the report that it
> cannot scan any more files in the archive. This leaves me wondering if
> I'm vulnerable. Question: How can I open and scan those archives?
> Today, specifically, it's a cab file.

Is it a password protected (i.e., encrypted) .zip file perhaps? If
encrypted files were so easy to decrypt, there wouldn't be any point in
encrypting them. Its content won't be encrypted if and when you choose
to extract files from that archive.

Read the manual yet? An online copy for the Personal version (free) is
available at http://www.free-av.com/en/documentation/index.html. See
page 51.

David H. Lipman · External Since: Jul 04, 2003 Posts: 2116

From: "Fruit2O" <jz137xww.DeleteThis@cox.net>

| Whenever Avira hits an archive, I get a message in the report that it
| cannot scan any more files in the archive. This leaves me wondering if
| I'm vulnerable. Question: How can I open and scan those archives?
| Today, specifically, it's a cab file.

In the Expert Configuration mode, you may have to increase the depth of scanning withing
the Archive.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

rmo555 · External Since: Aug 25, 2009 Posts: 7

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 16:08:43 -0500, VanguardLH <V DeleteThis @nguard.LH> wrote:

>Fruit2O wrote:
>
>> Whenever Avira hits an archive, I get a message in the report that it
>> cannot scan any more files in the archive. This leaves me wondering if
>> I'm vulnerable. Question: How can I open and scan those archives?
>> Today, specifically, it's a cab file.
>
>Is it a password protected (i.e., encrypted) .zip file perhaps? If
>encrypted files were so easy to decrypt, there wouldn't be any point in
>encrypting them. Its content won't be encrypted if and when you choose
>to extract files from that archive.
>
>Read the manual yet? An online copy for the Personal version (free) is
>available at http://www.free-av.com/en/documentation/index.html. See
>page 51.

Thanks - I'll read the manual.

rmo555 · External Since: Aug 25, 2009 Posts: 7

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 18:28:20 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>From: "Fruit2O" <jz137xww.TakeThisOut@cox.net>
>
>| Whenever Avira hits an archive, I get a message in the report that it
>| cannot scan any more files in the archive. This leaves me wondering if
>| I'm vulnerable. Question: How can I open and scan those archives?
>| Today, specifically, it's a cab file.
>
>In the Expert Configuration mode, you may have to increase the depth of scanning withing
>the Archive.

I increased the level of incursions to 99 - the max allowed. However,
what is an incursion? I am assuming that's what you mean by depth of
scanning.

David H. Lipman · External Since: Jul 04, 2003 Posts: 2116

From: <rmo555 RemoveThis @cox.net>

| On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 18:28:20 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
| <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>>From: "Fruit2O" <jz137xww RemoveThis @cox.net>

>>| Whenever Avira hits an archive, I get a message in the report that it
>>| cannot scan any more files in the archive. This leaves me wondering if
>>| I'm vulnerable. Question: How can I open and scan those archives?
>>| Today, specifically, it's a cab file.

>>In the Expert Configuration mode, you may have to increase the depth of scanning
>>withing
>>the Archive.

| I increased the level of incursions to 99 - the max allowed. However,
| what is an incursion? I am assuming that's what you mean by depth of
| scanning.

Incursions ?

or

Recursions ?

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

rmo555 · External Since: Aug 25, 2009 Posts: 7

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 21:15:45 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>From: <rmo555.RemoveThis@cox.net>
>
>| On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 18:28:20 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
>| <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
>
>>>From: "Fruit2O" <jz137xww.RemoveThis@cox.net>
>
>>>| Whenever Avira hits an archive, I get a message in the report that it
>>>| cannot scan any more files in the archive. This leaves me wondering if
>>>| I'm vulnerable. Question: How can I open and scan those archives?
>>>| Today, specifically, it's a cab file.
>
>>>In the Expert Configuration mode, you may have to increase the depth of scanning
>>>withing
>>>the Archive.
>
>| I increased the level of incursions to 99 - the max allowed. However,
>| what is an incursion? I am assuming that's what you mean by depth of
>| scanning.
>
>Incursions ?
>
>or
>
>Recursions ?

You got me there Smile

In any case, what does that mean?