Clean/Delete Infected Files Within Compressed Files

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When all agents managed by the server detect virus/malware within compressed files during Manual Scan, Real-time Scan, Scheduled Scan and Scan Now, and the following conditions are met, agents clean or delete the infected files.

"Clean" or "Delete" is the action Apex One is set to perform. Check the action Apex One performs on infected files by going to Agents > Agent Management > Settings > Scan Settings > {Scan Type} > Action tab.
You enable this setting. Enabling this setting may increase endpoint resource usage during scanning and scanning may take longer to complete. This is because Apex One needs to decompress the compressed file, clean/delete infected files within the compressed file, and then re-compress the file.
The compressed file format is supported. Apex One only supports certain compressed file formats, including ZIP and Office Open XML, which uses ZIP compression technologies. Office Open XML is the default format for Microsoft Office 2007 applications such as Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Note:
Contact your support provider for a complete list of supported compressed file formats.

For example, Real-time Scan is set to delete files infected with a virus. After Real-time Scan decompresses a compressed file named abc.zip and detects an infected file 123.doc within the compressed file, Apex One deletes 123.doc and then re-compresses abc.zip, which is now safe to access.

The following table describes what happens if any of the conditions is not met.

Table 1. Compressed File Scenarios and Results
Status of "Clean/ Delete infected files within compressed files"	Action Apex One is set to perform	Compressed file format	Result
Enabled	Clean or Delete	Not supported Example: def.rar contains an infected file 123.doc.	Apex One encrypts def.rar but does not clean, delete, or perform any other action on 123.doc.
Disabled	Clean or Delete	Supported/Not supported Example: abc.zip contains an infected file 123.doc.	Apex One does not clean, delete, or perform any other action on both abc.zip and 123.doc.
Enabled/ Disabled	Not Clean or Delete (in other words, any of the following: Rename, Quarantine, Deny Access or Pass)	Supported/Not supported Example: abc.zip contains an infected file 123.doc.	Apex One performs the configured action (Rename, Quarantine, Deny Access or Pass) on abc.zip, not 123.doc. If the action is: Rename: Apex One renames abc.zip to abc.vir, but does not rename 123.doc. Quarantine: Apex One quarantines abc.zip (123.doc and all non-infected files are quarantined). Pass: Apex One performs no action on both abc.zip and 123.doc but logs the virus detection. Deny Access: Apex One denies access to abc.zip when it is opened (123.doc and all non-infected files cannot be opened).