wich archives types are dangerous?

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so yeah file shield checks different types of “packers” & theres so many options but which types are the dangerous types?

like, any runtime packer like upx & all that can be dangerous cause it extract & auto-execute (but I dont see ‘runtime packer’ option? ???)

any self-extracting archive also can be dangerous if it got script inside to auto-run an infected exe inside

installer archive (whatever that is… .msi files ?) sounds dangerous so I tick that

7z, zip, rar, ace, tar… are all SAFE cause opening them aint dangerous (you got to first extract manually, then run whatever is inside) so these can be unticked to save resources

but what other archives are the dangerous type?

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but what other archives are the dangerous type?
they are not dangerous until you open...and run what is inside

exept self extract

stick with default avast settings for a problem free avast function…

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You are aware of the file shield and behavior shield aren’t you?

A file that is archived is inert and poses no problems. It’s when they are unpacked/installed/opened that they become problematic.
That is why avast comes with all those shields you don’t understand.

This screenshot might help you.

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problem is I got a slow pc, not some next-gen quad-core cpu or something :frowning:

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What are your computer specs? ???

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clean it for crap files CCleaner http://www.piriform.com/

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I got along fine for years with avast with an 8-to-10 year old system … Celeron 2200 (single core) processor, a whopping 256 megs of RAM, and a huge 40-meg drive (35 actually, 5 megs was in a “hidden” partition for use by Restore-IT). And even at that, free space was typically in the 65-70 percent range. As Pondus suggested, the best starting point for you is probably to clean out unnecessary junk.