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OK, “archives” means “compressed files” - such as ZIP, RAR, ARJ, etc. So, if this option is enabled, not only the main file will be scanned - but if it is recognized as an archive, the files inside will be unpacked and scanned as well.
It’s a configuration dialog for The Bat! plugin - here the user can set some basic options.
This is used in the Log Viewer. Sometimes, a very big number of items (lines) are displayed - so it may be hard to find something useful in the list. So, you can define a “filter” - display only some of the items (according to given condition) and hide the rest of them. For example, if you have a big list, spreading over many pages, and you are looking for information on Beagle virus, you set a filter as Beagle. Now, only the lines containing the word Beagle will be displayed; the rest will be hidden.
The exact behavior depends on the 2 radio buttons below; you can choose either to really hide the items not matching the filter, or rather to select the items that do match (and keep the rest, just not selected).
Also, you can define a time range - what items should be included in the filter.
You can start avast! Log Viewer and try the filter yourself (provided you have any logged items there).