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FoMoCo
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ad aware and archives

Has anybody ever gotten ad ware in an archive file?Any real reason to let ad aware scan them?


Spy
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NE
So far I haven't. However, if you don't mind having it scan a little deeper, I don't see any problem with scanning zip and cab files. Especially if you have alot of them.


FoMoCo
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I let it scan everything but was just wondering because I have never heard of as/spy ware in archives.


Spy
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It's possible, if you archive your cookies for some reason and your settings accept all cookies, you will.

B
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Or if bundled spyware is compressed, or if you purposely archive your Kazaa executables or other spyware-wrapped software, etc.

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said by FoMoCo See Profile:
Has anybody ever gotten ad ware in an archive file?Any real reason to let ad aware scan them?

I've not had any personally but I see no harm in scanning them. If you select a Full Scan in Ad-Aware SE it will scan within your archives even if you don't have that setting checked off. Usually when they request a log file they will ask that you do a full scan.
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