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Reference: Configuration options

Avira Server Security - User Manual (Status: 16 Dec. 2013) 42

All archive types

If this option is enabled, all archive types in the archive list are selected and scanned.

Smart Extensions

If this option is enabled, the System Scanner detects whether a file is a packed file

format (archive), even if the file extension differs from the usual extensions, and scans

the archive. However every file must be opened for this, which reduces the scanning

speed. Example: If a *.zip archive has the file extension *.xyz, the System Scanner

also unpacks this archive and scans it. This option is enabled as the default setting.

Note

Only those archive types marked in the archive list are supported.

Limit recursion depth

Unpacking and scanning recursive archives can require a great deal of computer time

and resources. If this option is enabled, you limit the depth of the scan in multi-packed

archives to a certain number of packing levels (maximum recursion depth). This saves

time and computer resources.

Note

In order to find a virus or an unwanted program in an archive, the System

Scanner must scan up to the recursion level in which the virus or the unwanted

program is located.

Maximum recursion depth

In order to enter the maximum recursion depth, the option Limit recursion depth must

be enabled.

You can either enter the requested recursion depth directly or by means of the right

arrow key on the entry field. The permitted values are 1 to 99. The standard value is

20 which is recommended.

Default values

The button restores the pre-defined values for scanning archives.