Does Avast Home scan all packers by default? If no then why not. Thanks in advance.
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It is explained there, as well as in many threads on this board.
I am sorry if I have asked a question that has been asked a million times.
Not that trouble at all… we’re here to help anyway 
You’ll find some deeper information in FAQ on my signature.
Home version has less resources on archive on-access scanning.
The on-demand scanning have the same possibilities.
The list of archives that avast! is able to process is:
Self-extracting DOS executables
Self-extracting Win32 executables (UPX, AsPack, PEShield, PEProtect)
7ZIP archive
ACE archive
ARC archive
ARJ archive
BZIP2 archive
CAB archive
CHM archive
CPIO archive
DBX archive (Outlook Express mailbox)
GZIP archive
ISO archive
LHA archive
MAPI files (*.pst)
MIME
NTFS streams
RAR archive
RPM archive
TAR archive
TNEF streams
ZIP archive
ZOO archive