Scanning D/l'ed Files

[spelunker121]

If your virus software is up to date with "virus defintitions" shouldnt it catch the virus's and worms and or trojans in zipped,.iso,bin,cue,rar..tec...etc IF the file is scanned before opening???? I was under the impression it would...Hope its not false hope.

[Autumn Fox]

If you want that an antivir scans inside of an archive file you have to set it in options. Most likely it'll find a virus/trojan/whatever.

[Mr. Blunt]

If your AV has a realtime scanner, it will most likely catch the virus while the file is being downloaded. If not, your going to have to scan the file manually before opening it.