User Guide

Default Vulnerable and Compressed File Extensions
318 Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
Current list of compressed files scanned
The Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus application and the WinGuard scanner look for
viruses in a range of compressed and archived file formats. Each component
uses slightly different technologies for this purpose, however, and therefore
treats each file type differently.
For the purpose of this discussion, a “compressed” file means a single file.
Compression utilities such as PKLite, LZEXE, and others combine or discard
redundant data within these files to reduce their size. An “archived” file
means a file that acts as a “wrapper” or an envelope that contains other files
within itself. The files within the wrapper can be compressed or not
compressed.ExamplesofsuchfilesincludeWinZipfiles,.TARfiles, and.ARC
files.MostWinZipfilescompress otherfilesandwrapthem ina singlearchive.
ThistablesummarizeshoweachDrSolomon’sAnti-Viruscomponenttreats
each file type:
Table 9-1. Compressed file and archive scanning treatment
Dr
Solomon’s
Anti-Virus
component
Archived file Compressed file
Dr
Solomon’s
Anti-Virus
application
• Select the
Compressed
files
checkbox to enable.
• Opens archives and scans
the files within.
• Specify
All Files as your
scan target or add the
archive's file name
extension to the Program
Extensions dialog box to
have the application scan
the archive as a file.
• Select the
Compressed
Files
checkbox to enable.
• Scans the compressed file if
you specify
All Files as
your scan target or add the
compressed file's extension
to the Program Extensions
dialog box.
WinGuard
scanner
• The scanner will not open
the archive to scan the files
within.
• Specify
All Files as your
scan target or add the
archive's file name
extension to the Program
Extensions dialog box, to
have the scanner examine
the archive as a file.
• Select the
Compressed
Files
checkbox to enable.
• Specify
All Files as your
scan target, or add the
compressed file's extension
to the Program Extensions
dialog box, to have the
scanner look for viruses in
the compressed file.