How to not scan BIG files ? (like .exe archives)

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi,

I use Avast for a long time, and sometimes it slowdown my computer when i Rename, move, delete big self-extracting archives (.EXE) … Some files are between 200 MO and 2.5 GO

How can i make an exception to not scan files bigger than > 100mo ?

I uncheck the box do not scan when writing files but it don’t change anything …

Please help :slight_smile:

2

There is not a setting to exclude files by their size.
It’s safer (much more safer) not to exclude .exe files from scanning (regardless its size).

3

Well archive files aren’t scanned by default, if they are some settings have been changed.

4

yes, self-extracting archives are .exe that’s the reason :frowning:

5

And that is the reason why they are scanned because they are executable and because the writing option could include modification.

6

Unless the FileSystem Shield default settings got changed, the scanning of those files shouldn’t take very long. Yes, the files are scanned, but the whole archive is not unpacked.