when an anti-virus scan a RAR file, should it automatically scan the inside?

[Happy Hopping]

I just finish off using my CA security suite to custom scan 1 file, but the mesg. didn't say whether it was scanning the file itself, or the files within the RAR file.

So how do you know the anti virus software is doing its job?

 

[evilsofa]

Check the options or settings within CA to see if it is set to scan inside compressed files, and if it isn't, turn it on. An AV that doesn't scan inside compressed files is about as worthless as a screen door on a submarine.

 

[Happy Hopping]

I done that long ago.

It's a bit blur, under the scan options:

Set Options for scanning: Scan Archive Files is checked ON

but are they saying they would scan just the file itself, or do they mean scan the inside of the archive files? And I hope when they said Archive Files, they meant a compressed file

 

[Red Squirrel]

Good way to test is disable your AV, google EICAR, download the test virus, rar it, re-enable your AV then scan it.